non-starter
- noun
- /nɑnˈstɑrtər/
- Informal
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idea inviable
- His proposal to cut funding for education was a non-starter since everyone agreed that schools need more support.
It's like, OK, well, that's a non starter for me for multiple reasons.
- It's like, OK, well, that's a non starter for me for multiple reasons.
- So for me, like not sleeping is a non starter.
- Like both of those just seem like non starter answers.
- And I was speaking with the production and I just said to them, I go guys, this is this is a non starter.
- The idea that somehow they were responsible for transmitting what turns out to be bacteria was just a non starter for them.
- If if I said, hey, go raise as much money for marketing as you are for production, that's like a non starter.
- I mean, if that was the case, wouldn't it be kind of a non starter to say sweeping statements like the happy life is what all people will?
- It's not even a non starter because one of the dragon riders goes off and tries to explore and winds up almost getting killed as a result.
Examples
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It's like, OK, well, that's a non starter for me for multiple reasons.
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I mean, if that was the case, wouldn't it be kind of a non starter to say sweeping statements like the happy life is what all people will?
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So it's like it's like a non starter basically for her.
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And if this version doesn't have Chloe, that is a non starter for me because none is a is a dish.
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The idea of increasing taxes on the middle class turned out to be a non-starter in the political discussion.
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After reviewing the plan, the committee decided it was a non-starter because it lacked sufficient research and funding.
Synonyms
39
4.9
Something that has no chance of success
23
6.8
A hope or plan that is not likely to happen
10
7.5
An idea or plan that is unlikely to happen
A project that fails before it starts
Antonyms
How Likely
11
3.6
177
5.4
∞
2.0
- Informal
58
4.6
- Informal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Non-starter comes from races: a starter is someone who begins a race, and a 'non-starter' is someone who 'does not start' and so has no chance. So today a non-starter is an idea or plan that has no real chance of success.