Word info

no mark

Speech parts

1. no mark - Noun

2. no mark - Verb

Meaning

no mark (plural no marks)

Alternative form of no-mark

(Britain, slang) An insignificant person; one who fails to make a mark.

(athletics) 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)

(athletics) 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.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

no-mark

Examples

Wealth is no mark of God's favor. Poverty is no mark of God's displeasure. J. C. Ryle

Hindus and Moslems alike have achieved that End, where remains no mark of distinction. Kabir

We can also cut by heat - heat punch. And we also can cut by cold - extreme cold. When you cut with heat, it makes a mark. With cold, no mark. It depends on the fabric. Issey Miyake

One disagreeable result of whispering is that it seems to evoke an atmosphere of silence, haunted by the ghosts of sound-strange cracks and tickings, the rustling of garments that have no substance in them, and the tread of dreadful feet that would leave no mark on the sea-sand or the winter snow. Charles Dickens

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