black mark

noun

: something that makes something else less perfect or less appealing
His habitual tardiness was a black mark against him.

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Why do baseball players put a black mark under their eyes? — Adam Annaccone, The Conversation, 22 June 2026 There, arcing over her signature, is a jagged black mark. — Ben Davis, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026 Yet another black mark on his dismal record. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 8 Nov. 2025 But this current scandal is likely to leave an ugly black mark on his legacy, as well as on the Clippers' reputation. — Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for black mark

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