Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

no-mark

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.03 in modern English

Syllables: no--mark
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An insignificant person; one who fails to make a mark.

British usage; Slang

noun

A score in athletics having after having not set a valid ground marking in a distance measurement. A score of 0 metres, resulting from faulting/fouling out of competition.

verb

To fail to record a valid score, and produce a score of 0 or no-mark (no distance), by failing to make a valid ground mark from an attempt, and fouling/faulting out of competition.

Example Sentences

"My favourite bit – bar the attempt to enforce a ruthless caste system in the no-mark community – is the prissy way Danny asterisks the word fuck …"
"If you had a daughter, and I want you to think about this seriously, would you honestly want her wasting herself on a no mark like that?"
"She's said to be 'in pieces' after reading nasty comments calling her a 'no mark Brit' on American websites just as she's mentally girding her loins for her big move to Los Angeles."

Usage

British usage
Slang

Inflected Forms

no-marks (plural) no mark (alternative) no-marks (present, singular) no-marking (participle, present) no-marked (participle, past) no-marked (past)

Derived Forms

NM

Phrases

no-height

Frequently Paired Words

mark markless NH no-height unremarkable

Questions

What does no-mark mean?: An insignificant person; one who fails to make a mark.

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