Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

black mark

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.91 in modern English

Syllables: black- -mark
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something that negatively affects someone's reputation.

Example Sentences

""It taints your CV as people look at it and see what's gone on and it does put a bit of a black mark against you," says the man who, in 2006, was head hunted by Preston only for his tenure to be brought to a halt 17 months later."

Inflected Forms

black marks (plural)

Questions

What does black mark mean?: Something that negatively affects someone's reputation.

How to pronounce black mark

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