Let T(n) be the running time for algorithm A and let a function $f(n) = O(n^{2})$. The statement says that T(n) is at least $O(n^{2})$. That is, T(n) is an upper bound of f(n). Since f(n) could be any function “smaller” (as per definition of bigO) than $n^{2}$ (including constant function), we can rephrase the statement as “The running time of algorithm A is at least constant.” This is meaningless because the running time for every algorithm is at least constant.