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Meaning of nonstarter | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A project that has no chance of success.
  2. A horse that does not run in a race for which it has been entered.
  3. A loser; a person who is bound to fail.

Equivalents

Español imposibilidad impracticabilidad inasequibilidad infactibilidad inviabilidad irrealizabilidad

Examples

“The problem with the CRFB and CBO ideas is that they would be nonstarters politically.”
“But Berg was just a fool, a buffoon, a nonentity, a nonstarter so inept he took naps under bear bair.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

nonstate nonstate actor nonstatement nonstatin nonstationarity nonstative

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