no-mark
(athletics) A score in athletics having after having not set a valid ground marking in a distance measurement.
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(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.
: 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 [...]
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(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.
“Hmmm. No idea about that, but it's clearly some no-mark loser who can't see past a headline.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(British, slang) An insignificant person; one who fails to make a mark.
[http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/lostinshowbiz/2010/feb/05/danny-dyer-dane-bowers Danny Dyer v Dane Bowers: two no-marks at war], Marina Hyde, The Guardian, 5 February 2010:
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