NONSTARTERS Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

nonstarters

noun

plural of nonstarter

as in losers

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Noun

The biggest losers right now are truckload carriers, especially small firms or owner-operators.

— Kevin Williams, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
But the specific way markets are taking root—with much of the population too poor to participate meaningfully, with no rule of law, and with the gap between winners and losers steadily widening—is pernicious for the country’s future.

— Will Freeman, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of losers

Noun

Tests of nuclear bombs, such as those conducted in Nevada during the Cold War, have long been known to cause small, detectable earthquakes.

— Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2026
The 2,000-pound bombs have been employed by Israel on hundreds of occasions in Gaza and Lebanon, playing a significant role in the death toll of those conflicts.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of bombs

Noun

Officials said special attention will be given to gravel roads that could be susceptible to washouts and erosion.

— Detroit Free Press, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2026
But in a world where a few basis points separates legends from washouts, a 10-point edge is an enormous windfall for anyone who trusted Kalshi’s numbers over those crunched by CME, the giant futures-exchange operator.

— Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of washouts

Noun

Finally, Vic gives up on being wheelbarrowed and full-body flops on the floor with only their feet under the velvet rope.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
But after Annapurna moved from financing its movies to distributing them in 2017, costs rose, flops piled up, and Megan Ellison scaled back her ambitions.

— Brent Lang, IndieWire, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of flops

Noun

If college is defined by unbelievable disasters that become lifelong stories, then this singular tale of friendship is forged in the aftermath of connecting through a very public mistake.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2026
Deforestation contributes to erosion, damages biodiverse areas, threatens wildlife and humans who rely on the forest, and intensifies disasters from extreme weather.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of disasters

Noun

Syria became one of the great human catastrophes of our time.

— Ayman M. Mohyeldin, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026
Returns, however, can be negative in a year when there is a much higher than average incidence of catastrophes and insurance claims have to be paid out.

— Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of catastrophes

Noun

Contained within all these fiascoes is a subtly different conservative movement.

— Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
Trump is the most corrupt and scandal-plagued president since Nixon; indeed, his fiascoes eclipse Nixon’s, but many of them remain mostly or somewhat hidden, thanks in part to a much more acquiescent Republican Congress than the one Nixon had.

— David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2026

Definition of fiascoes

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