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no score

no score

2 1.4
A game in which neither team has any points
  • noun
translation icon : sin puntuación
  • And so at the end of three innings, no score at all.

Examples

Antonyms

693 1.5

To get points or a grade in a contest

How Many

score
842 1.3
no score
2 1.4

Surface Forms

no score singular
no scores plural

Morphology

no + score

The meaning is directly compositional: 'no' = not any/zero and 'score' = points, so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer 'no score' = zero points for either side. This is a common, non-idiomatic construction cross-linguistically and requires no metaphorical or culture-specific knowledge.

Etymology

No score comes from the empty scoreboard: when neither team has any points, there is no score shown. So it means a game where neither side has 'scored' any 'points' or 'goals'.