nonstarter
noun 3
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1ADJ.
inept
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noun
1
A project that has no chance of success.
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.
But Berg was just a fool, a buffoon, a nonentity, a nonstarter so inept he took naps under bear bair.
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The problem with the CRFB and CBO ideas is that they would be nonstarters politically.
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But Berg was just a fool, a buffoon, a nonentity, a nonstarter so inept he took naps under bear bair.
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