blackspotblack‧spot /ˈblækspɒt $ -spɑːt/ noun [countable] British EnglishExamples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
A nightmare of wilt and mildew, of fungus and blackspot.
All 2,060 workers will go in a town which is already an unemployment blackspot.
But North Tyneside, the region's unemployment blackspot would have taken little comfort from such news.
He believes some firms could then reject the town as an unemployment blackspot.
He believes the council is in danger of giving Darlington a bad image as an unemployment blackspot.
The collision was on a town centre route that is fast becoming an accident blackspot.
The crash happened at a notorious accident blackspot.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY►unemployment blackspot
Arbroath is now the unemployment blackspot of northeast Scotland.
►accident blackspot
an accident blackspot (=where there are a lot of road accidents)
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES►an unemployment blackspot
British English (=an area where there is higher unemployment than in other places)· The town became an unemployment blackspot after the factory closure.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN►accident
· The crash happened at a notorious accident blackspot.· The collision was on a town centre route that is fast becoming an accident blackspot.
►unemployment
· All 2,060 workers will go in a town which is already an unemployment blackspot.· He believes some firms could then reject the town as an unemployment blackspot.· But North Tyneside, the region's unemployment blackspot would have taken little comfort from such news.· He believes the council is in danger of giving Darlington a bad image as an unemployment blackspot.· Cinderford stands in the heart of the forest of dean, an unemployment blackspot.
a place or area where there are more problems than usual: Arbroath is now the unemployment blackspot of northeast Scotland. an accident blackspot (=where there are a lot of road accidents)