not in the race phr.
(Aus.) very stupid and/or inadequate.
Lingo 127: There are [...] subtle gradations in the types of stupidity, thoughtlessness, hopelessness, incapacity and sheer ineptitude that may come in for verbal censure. A person may be: [...] not in the race. | ||
More You Bet 8: Someone who might have been regarded as not good enough for something or someone [was] ‘not in the race’. |