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non-starter
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non-starternoun
Someone or something who was listed to start in a race, but did not start in the race.
non-starternoun
Something that is not going to happen.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of non-starter in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of non-starter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of non-starter in a Sentence
That is a non-starter.
If the U.S. was really serious about negotiations they would have learned already that this wasn't an approach they could take. it's already been rejected more than once, and to keep bringing it up ... would be rather insulting. It's a non-starter and reflects absolutely no learning curve in the process.
It is unlikely that any one of these provisions alone would pass the House, and taken together, they are a non-starter, for one thing, this proposal does not include the permanent solution for the Dreamers and TPS recipients that our country needs and supports.
Look, if Harry Truman couldn't nationalize the steel industry during wartime, this President doesn't have the power to declare an emergency and build a multibillion dollar wall on the border, so that's a non-starter.
People get so emotional that even when you make a suggestion about not selling AK-47s to people on terror watch lists, that’s a non-starter.
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