informalFAIL an idea, a plan, or a person that has no chance of success 无成功机会的想法[计划,人]
In its present form the scheme is a non-starter.
这一方案照其现有模式是行不通的。
Examples from the Corpus
nonstarter• The issue of his failure to sell off stockportfolios is also a nonstarter.• Trying to find her way back out was obviously a nonstarter but staying here she would probably be spotted fairly quickly.• At the time, this was a nonstarter in Pyongyang.