What does "nonstarter" mean?

A project that has no chance of success.

What is a synonym for "nonstarter"?

Common synonyms include: dud, failure, loser, tumbleweed, unsuccessful person.

noun

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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 fails to run in a race for which it has been entered wordnet
3
A horse that does not run in a race for which it has been entered.
4
a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently wordnet
5
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."

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

From non- + starter.