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  • noun Someone who is not a star

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non- +‎ star

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Examples

  • The odds of this strategy working improve when a company builds a team of both star and nonstar employees.

    Finding an Innovation Strategy That Works Frank T. Rothaermel 2009

  • CNN sets a model for nonstar anchors, truly international correspondents, and a variety of world viewpoints.

    Thinking in the Future Tense A WORKOUT FOR THE MlND 2003

  • (Among the nonstar turns that enliven the show, Richard Dreyfuss plays a particularly brash bad guy with a mistaken belief in the protective power of badness.

    'Red' Alert: Old Stars Fire Up Thriller Joe Morgenstern 2010

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