THESAURUS
out of the running
base, deficient, disappointing, falling short, hors de combat, imperfect, inadequate, incompetent, insufficient, little, maladroit, mean, mediocre, not comparable, not in it, obsolete, off the field, out of commission, out of gear, out of it, petty, second best, shabby, small, tantalizing, teasing, trivial, unsatisfactory, unskillful