no-mark

no-mark noun: an insignificant person; one who fails to make a mark.

Noun

no-mark (plural no-marks)

(UK, slang) An insignificant person; one who fails to make a mark.
- 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 …Danny Dyer v Dane Bowers: two no-marks at war, Marina Hyde, The Guardian, 5 February 2010
- 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?The Family, Martina Cole, 2010
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.

no-mark (third-person singular simple present no-marks, present participle no-marking, simple past and past participle no-marked)

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.

Noun
plural	no-marks
alternative form	no mark
Verb
third-person singular present	no-marks
present participle	no-marking
past participle	no-marked
past	no-marked

What does no-mark mean?: No-mark means an insignificant person; one who fails to make a mark.
What part of speech is no-mark?: No-mark can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of no-mark?: The plural of no-mark is no-marks.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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