no-markn.adj.
/ˈnəʊmɑːk/, U.S. /ˈnoʊˈmɑrk/ British colloquial.
A. n.
A person considered to be of no account; a nobody, a failure.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant
unknownc1390
pawnc1450
semi-cipher?1550
bauble1570
Jack with the feather1581
nobody1583
winterling1585
squash1600
rush candle1628
niflec1635
nullity1657
nonentity1710
featherweight1812
underscrub1822
nyaff1825
small fish1836
no-account1840
little fish1846
peanut1864
commonplacer1874
sparrow-fart1886
Little Willie1901
pipsqueak1905
nebbish1907
pie-biter1911
blob1916
smallie1930
no-count1932
zilch1933
Mickey Mouse1935
muzhik1945
nerd1951
nothingburger1953
nerk1955
non-person1959
no-mark1982
1982 P. Redmond Brookside (Mersey TV transmission script) (O.E.D. Archive) Episode 6. 2 If you got yourself in at a decent time instead of galavanting about with that nomark on the motorbike you might be able to get up in the morning.
1994 Mixmag June 54/4 ‘Bring It On’ is just as bad, perennial nomarks Wendy and Lisa doing nothing to help it out of the mire.
2000 J. Goodwin Danny Boy iv. 101 Total no mark. Crap job, crap house, crap clothes, crap car.
B. adj. (attributive).
Characteristic of or designating such a person.
ΚΠ
1994 Loaded Sept. 16/4 What a no-mark request from a pheasant-plucking beaut.
1999 J. Poller Reach viii. 18 Hang on, you're not talking about that no-mark mathemo from Caius?
2001 New Media Creative (Nexis) 1 Aug. 16 Not only does it not have any artist you've heard of on it, searches for the nomark bands they're..promoting come up blank too.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1982