nonstarters

/N AA0 N S T AA1 R T ER0 Z/
noun
  1. 1

    A project that has no chance of success

  2. 2

    A horse that does not run in a race for which it has been entered

  3. 3

    A loser; a person who is bound to fail.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nonstarter, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nonstarters