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During holiday parties when people used to ask me what I did for a living, I would tell them I sold resort timeshares. That was an effective conversational nonstarter, until I met someone that actually did sell resort timeshares.
Dean Karnazes

Meaning of "nonstarter" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NONSTARTER

nonstarter  [nɒnˈstɑːtə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NONSTARTER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Nonstarter is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES NONSTARTER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of nonstarter in the English dictionary

The definition of nonstarter in the dictionary is a horse that fails to run in a race for which it has been entered. Other definition of nonstarter is a person or thing that is useless, has little chance of success, etc.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NONSTARTER


batata
bəˈtɑːtə
cantata
kænˈtɑːtə
carta
ˈkɑːtə
Carter
ˈkɑːtə
charter
ˈtʃɑːtə
frittata
frɪˈtɑːtə
Jakarta
dʒəˈkɑːtə
kick-starter
kɪk ˈstɑːtə
Kolkata
ˈkolkɑːtə
rata
ˈrɑːtə
restarter
ˌriːˈstɑːtə
sonata
səˈnɑːtə
Sparta
ˈspɑːtə
starter
ˈstɑːtə
strata
ˈstrɑːtə
Surakarta
ˌsʊərəˈkɑːtə
tartar
ˈtɑːtə
Tatar
ˈtɑːtə
Umtata
ʌmˈtɑːtə
vrystater
ˈfreɪˌstɑːtə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NONSTARTER

nonsporting
nonstandard
nonstaple
nonstatic
nonstationary
nonstatistical
nonstative
nonsteady
nonsteroid
nonsteroidal
nonstick
nonsticky
nonstoichiometric
nonstop
nonstory
nonstrategic
nonstriated
nonstructural
nonstructured
nonstyle

WORDS THAT END LIKE NONSTARTER

Atlantic Charter
barter
centre three-quarter
converter
darter
draw and quarter
Empty Quarter
first quarter
garter
headquarter
hindquarter
karter
last quarter
Latin Quarter
Order of the Garter
parter
quarter
self-starter
the Garter
three-quarter
time charter

Synonyms and antonyms of nonstarter in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «NONSTARTER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «nonstarter» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of nonstarter

Translation of «nonstarter» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NONSTARTER

Find out the translation of nonstarter to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of nonstarter from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «nonstarter» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不可取
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nonstarter
570 millions of speakers

English

nonstarter
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

nonstarter
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نافعة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неудачник
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

nonstarter
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

nonstarter
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

voué à l´échec
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nonstarter
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

nonstarter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

役立たず
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

성공할 가망
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nonstarter
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nonstarter
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

nonstarter
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नॉनस्टाटर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

nonstarter
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nonstarter
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nonstarter
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

невдаха
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nonstarter
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

nonstarter
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nonstarter
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nonstarter
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nonstarter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nonstarter

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NONSTARTER»

The term «nonstarter» is normally little used and occupies the 116.215 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NONSTARTER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «nonstarter» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «nonstarter» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about nonstarter

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QUOTES WITH «NONSTARTER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word nonstarter.
1
Dean Karnazes
During holiday parties when people used to ask me what I did for a living, I would tell them I sold resort timeshares. That was an effective conversational nonstarter, until I met someone that actually did sell resort timeshares.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NONSTARTER»

Discover the use of nonstarter in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nonstarter and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Effect of Oxidation-reduction Potential on the Growth of ...
iii ABSTRACT Effect of Oxidation- Reduction Potential on the Growth of Starter and Nonstarter Lactic Acid Bacteria by Becky Boucher, Master of Science Utah State University, 2008 Major Professor: Dr. Jeff Broadbent Department: Nutrition and ...
Becky Boucher, 2008
2
Handbook of Food and Beverage Fermentation Technology
In contrast to the starter lactococci, the nonstarter and adjunct lactobacilli are not adversely aflfected by ambient physiological conditions in the cheese curd and are thus able to proliferate during maturation. NSLAB have a generation time of ...
Y. H. Hui, Lisbeth Meunier-Goddik, Jytte Josephsen, 2004
3
Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods—Advances in Research and ...
According to news reporting from Bari, Italy, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “The nonstarter lactic acid bacteria Lactobacillus plantarum CC3M8, Lactobacillus paracasei CC3M35, and Lactobacillus casei LCOl, previously isolated from ...
‎2013
4
Power Boating For Dummies
... set to enjoy a lovely day on the water. Everything is perfect. You take all the steps to start your boat's motor — and then nothing Troubleshooting a nonstarter Getting Underway.
Randy Vance, 2009
5
Handbook of Animal-Based Fermented Food and Beverage ...
Microbiological changes in cheese during manufacture and ripening include the growth, death, and lysis of starter LAB and the growth of an adventitious microbiota, mostly nonstarter LAB. In Hispanico cheese, LAB counts reach about 10° ...
Y. H. Hui, E. Özgül Evranuz, 2012
6
SALES SALE SALES: Ultimate Guide
Whatyou say here can be mined for gold, as you'll soon see): Low prices: NonStarter. Too common and will probably be viewed as promotional puffery. Great service. NonStarter. Ditto. Wide Selection. NonStarter. Ditto, Ditto. You specialize in ...
Stephen Harris, 2014
7
The Peninsula Question: A Chronicle of the Second Korean ...
A “Nonstarter” The fourth round of the six-party talks resumed Tuesday, September 13. At Pyongyang Airport, before departing for Beijing, Kim Gye-gwan had set off a diplomatic offensive by announcing that “the light-water reactor issue is the ...
Y?ichi Funabashi, 2008
8
The Big Enchilada: Campaign Adventures with the Cockeyed ...
Nonstarter.” That was the term people most frequently used when describing something that Bush had specifically ruled out. Like when I asked whether I could film his daughters' graduation from Austin High School. “Nonstarter.” Like when I  ...
Stuart Stevens, 2007
9
Handbook of Fermented Functional Foods, Second Edition
The sources for cheese ripening enzymes are: Indigenous milk enzymes ( proteinases, lipases, phospatases) Psychrotrophic nonstarter bacteria Added calf rennet, rennet substitutes, or recombinant chymosin Starter lactic acid bacteria ...
Edward R.(Ted) Farnworth, 2008
10
Why America is Such a Hard Sell: Beyond Pride and Prejudice
Chapter. Six. The. Nonstarter. Solutions: More. Pride. and. Prejudice. There are two sorts of pride: one in which we approve ourselves, the other in which we cannot accept ourselves. — Henri Frederic Amiel The traditional conservative ...
Juliana Geran Pilon, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NONSTARTER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term nonstarter is used in the context of the following news items.
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Group seeks to fix roads by raising taxes on businesses
Republicans have said that plan is a “nonstarter” and would return Michigan to the “Lost Decade,” when the state and much of the nation was in ... «Detroit Free Press, Jul 15»
2
The Beginner's Guide to Rick & Morty
... “their” Rick for a chance at getting Doofus Rick (really his only friend) to stick around (for the record, the plan was a complete nonstarter). op2. «The Mary Sue, Jul 15»
3
Senate highway bill faces House roadblock
Republican and Democratic leaders in the House have come to a rare agreement: the Senate's highway bill is looking to be a nonstarter in the ... «The Hill, Jul 15»
4
What I Learned from Dwight Howard's Propaganda Documentary
I love nonstarter nicknames like this, and would especially appreciate it if some P.R. department decided to call John Wall "Wizard Man" or ... «VICE, Jul 15»
5
The Great Plains' invisible water crisis
Pat Roberts, the Republican chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, said in an interview that such a costly project would be a nonstarter ... «Miami Herald, Jul 15»
6
Kerry, GOP face off over Iran deal
Instead the deal creates a 24-day negotiating period for access to suspect sites, a nonstarter for some critics. “Can you imagine giving a drug ... «Al-Monitor, Jul 15»
7
India's Trouble With Pakistan
... the Modi government seemed to have recognized from the very beginning that a quest for durable peace with Pakistan is a nonstarter. All that ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
8
Muriel Bowser predicts DC holds 800000 people in 20 years. That …
... single family homes and other landmarked or contributing structures with larger multistory, multi family buildings is likely a nonstarter. «Greater Greater Washington, Jul 15»
9
Sanders Calls for Single-Payer
“Sanders' Medicare-for-everyone should be a nonstarter unless he wants the Independent Payment Advisory Board to severely ration health ... «The Heartland Institute, Jul 15»
10
Has Germany imposed an impossible deal on Greece?
For many European nations, the idea of a Grexit is a nonstarter. That the Greek Prime Minister was forced to reshuffle his cabinet to replace ... «Financial Mirror, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Nonstarter [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/nonstarter>. Apr 2024 ».
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