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名詞

non-starter (plural non-starters)

1. Someone or something who was listed to start in a race, but did not start in the race.
2. Something that is destined to fail from the outset; an impractical scheme.
   • 2020 December 2, Industry Insider, “The costs of cutting carbon”, in Rail, page 76:

     Whatever is decided, it is clear that Crossrail 2 must be regarded as a non-starter for the foreseeable future.

3. (idiomatic) An idea or argument that cannot be sensibly debated.

参考

• no go

名詞

nonstarter (plural nonstarters)

1. A project that has no chance of success.
   • 2024 December 28, Jonathan Nicholson, “Yes, There Are Ways To Cut The Budget Deficit. 'DOGE' Hasn’t Found Them So Far.”, in HuffPost‎:

     The problem with the CRFB and CBO ideas is that they would be nonstarters politically.

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.
   • 1999, Dana Stabenow, Hunter's Moon, →ISBN, page 225:

     But Berg was just a fool, a buffoon, a nonentity, a nonstarter so inept he took naps under bear bair.