black spot
noun /ˈblæk spɒt/
/ˈblæk spɑːt/
(British English)- a place, a situation or an event that is a problem or that causes a lot of problems
- an environmental black spot
- That corner is a notorious accident black spot (= a lot of accidents happen there).
- The one black spot on the horizon is that the team’s sponsorship will be reduced next year.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryBlack spot is used after these nouns:- accident
- unemployment