Define Upstart Meaning

an event, undertaking, or item that seems promising but turns out to be nothing like what you imagined.

An enthusiastic gay male.

UpStart (uhp-stahrt) n. 1. A company or organization with innovative approaches to energy use, carbon pollution, resource consumption, and/or social equity, 2. A company or organization overcoming market barriers to build the new clean energy economy.

Coined by Lisbeth Kaufman as the title of a column on Climate Progress.

The upstart knockoff effect is when a character appears that closely resembles a pre-existing character. When this happens, the previous character appears less important.

Definition source: The anime Needless - Episode 5.