Nonqualifier

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who fails to qualify.

    "And he came up short in the Sprint Showdown race for nonqualifiers earlier in the night, failing to finish high enough to advance to the main event."

Example

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"And he came up short in the Sprint Showdown race for nonqualifiers earlier in the night, failing to finish high enough to advance to the main event."

Etymology

From non- + qualifier.

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