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Noun: noncandidate
  1. Someone who has announced they are not a candidate; especially a politician who has announced that he or she is not a candidate for some political office
    "Despite public pressure, he remained a noncandidate for the presidency"

Derived forms: noncandidates

Type of: pol [N. Amer, informal], political leader, politician, politico [informal], pollie [Austral, informal], polly [Austral, informal]