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  • noun Plural form of nonstarter.

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Examples

  • That made those operations nonstarters for President Clinton, who was looking for small-unit insertions, not mini-invasions of Afghanistan.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • "These negotiations are really nonstarters," this person said.

    Gadhafi in Rebel, Diplomatic Pinch Charles Levinson 2011

  • That made those operations nonstarters for President Clinton, who was looking for small-unit insertions, not mini-invasions of Afghanistan.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • The U.S. agency is considering the request for more information but sees other demands as nonstarters, as American officials believe factions in the Pakistani intelligence agency support Taliban and other militant groups, which are killing U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

    2 U.S. missile attacks kill 6 near Afghan border 2011

  • The U.S. spy agency is considering Pakistan's request for more information but sees other demands as nonstarters, according to one U.S. official briefed on the talks.

    Pakistan wants CIA to scale back operations 2011

  • That made those operations nonstarters for President Clinton, who was looking for small-unit insertions, not mini-invasions of Afghanistan.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • That made those operations nonstarters for President Clinton, who was looking for small-unit insertions, not mini-invasions of Afghanistan.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • The U.S. spy agency is considering Pakistan's request for more information but sees other demands as nonstarters, according to one U.S. official briefed on the talks.

    Pakistan wants CIA to scale back operations 2011

  • Mr. ROGGIO: If the U.S. is intimately involved in this process, the U.S. is going to have a bigger hand in trying driving what those terms of that peace agreement would be and, you know, let's face it, Afghanistan issues like women's rights and women going to school, things of that nature, human rights, they are just not at the top of the list and these are just nonstarters for the Taliban anyway.

    U.S. Watches As Afghan-Pakistan Relations Improve 2010

  • The House Democrat leadership knows full well that these revenue raisers are nonstarters on the Senate side.

    New 1099 Burden: Will It Be Repealed? 2010

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