Non-starter

"Non-starter" in German

Totalausfall

(listed to start in a race, but did not start)

aussichtslose Sache

(something that is destined to fail from the outset)

keine ernstzunehmende Idee

(an idea or argument that cannot be sensibly debated)

totgeborenes Kind

(something that is destined to fail from the outset)

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