Usually means: Idea doomed to fail initially.
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  1. nonstarter: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. nonstarter: Merriam-Webster
  3. nonstarter: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. nonstarter: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. nonstarter: Collins English Dictionary
  6. nonstarter: Vocabulary.com
  7. nonstarter: Wordnik
  8. nonstarter: Wiktionary
  9. nonstarter: Dictionary.com
  10. nonstarter: Rhymezone
  11. nonstarter: FreeDictionary.org
  12. nonstarter: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. nonstarter: TheFreeDictionary.com

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

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