noncontender
noun
non·con·tend·er
variants or non-contender
ˌnän-kən-ˈten-dər 
plural noncontenders or non-contenders
: a competitor who is considered to have no real chance of winning something (such as a championship or an election)
The first round of the high school football playoffs generally is where the noncontenders—those teams with losing records that slid into the postseason as No. 4 seeds—quickly are weeded out.
Chip Saye, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 19 Nov. 2010
Chip Saye, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 19 Nov. 2010Here's a vote for Minnesota's Gary Gaetti, often overlooked because he has been playing for a non-contender in a low–visibility market, as the league's best all-round third baseman. The Sporting News, 8 June 1987
The Sporting News, 8 June 1987
Word History
First Known Use
1921, in the meaning defined above
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