"outside contender" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when referring to someone or something that has an outside chance of success in a particular competition or situation. For example, "Samantha was an outside contender for the presidency, but ultimately, she didn't win the election."
"Could Brussels be an outside contender for your lads' holiday?" asks Charlie Dunmore from Brussels.
For some years, Dylan has made a showing as an outside contender at the bookmaker's.
"I like Bernie," she went on, praising Senator Bernie Sanders, the outside contender in the Democratic primary race.
It's a field in which Scott Stringer, the apparently pizzazz-free Manhattan borough president, would seem to be an outside contender.
Williams said LNP leadership outside contender Fiona Simpson was "right on the money when she said we need a more consensual, softer approach".
The outside contender is George the Poet (real name George Mpanga) – a Cambridge graduate who has gained grassroots popularity posting his poems to YouTube.
The executive recruiter Spencer Stuart conducted an extensive search, and the board considered three internal candidates and three outside contenders as well as his son, he said.
Britain's men, who qualified for the Games on an electrifying night at that event in January, will have the crowd on their side and could even be outside contenders for a medal – a situation that would have been unthinkable a decade ago.
Despite being defending division champions, the Raptors were widely tipped as outside contenders for the division and conference titles.
The American political system has been carefully designed to screw over outside contenders from third parties and political independents, so that Democrats and Republicans gain instead.
He is favored for gold medals in the 1,000 and 1,500 and is considered an outside medal contender in the 500 and 5,000.
