no-mark

British

noun

slang an insignificant or worthless person

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Etymology

Origin of no-mark

C20: from 'someone who makes no mark '

Example Sentences

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Then your press secretary will deny that’s what you meant and blame the no-mark, and name her.

From The Guardian

Photograph: Tony Marshall/EMPICS Sport After nearly a decade shambling around the world, still on the lam over that Rothmans we nicked from WH Smith in 2001, the Mill knows better than any rumour-peddling deviant that the life of a wanderer is not easy: wondering where the next clean pair of grundies are coming from, never mind the next juicy morsel about some League Two no-mark's unsigned contract and what transfer property chain it might kickstart.

From The Guardian

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