nonstarter

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Meaning

a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently

a horse that fails to run in a race for which it has been entered

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Philip Plotch, an assistant professor at St. Peter’s University in Jersey City, who is writing a book about the Second Avenue subway, agreed that giving control of the subway back to the city was a nonstarter. Source: Internet

There have been some discussions — the NFLPA considered a proposal to put 35% of salaries in escrow a nonstarter — but nothing close to an agreement. Source: Internet

Manafort responded to his deputy, Rick Gates, that the meetings were a nonstarter. Source: Internet

Until fairly recently, cancellation was considered to be a fringe idea that, while popular among the Occupy Wall Street crowd and on the left, was a mainstream nonstarter. Source: Internet

An inter-divisional trade is usually a nonstarter, but this could be an exception. Source: Internet

Pelosi and top House Democrats, meanwhile, are insisting that any major drug price deal authorize the government to directly negotiate drug prices — a longtime liberal priority that's a nonstarter with Republicans. Source: Internet

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