If you say that someone has a blind spot about something, you mean that they seem to be unable to understand it or to see how important it is.
The prime minister has a blind spot on ethical issues.
When I was single I never worried about money–it was a bit of a blind spot.
2. countable noun
A blind spot is an area in your range of vision that you cannot see properly but which you really should be able to see. For example, when you are driving a car, the area just behind your shoulders is often a blind spot.
blind spot in British English
noun
1.
a small oval-shaped area of the retina in which vision is not experienced. It marks the nonphotosensitive site of entrance into the eyeball of the optic nerve
optic disc
2.
a place or area, as in an auditorium or part of a road, where vision is completely or partially obscured or hearing is difficult or impossible
3.
a subject about which a person is ignorant or prejudiced, or an occupation in which he or she is inefficient
4.
a location within the normal range of a radio transmitter with weak reception
blind spot in American English
1.
the small area, insensitive to light, in the retina of the eye where the optic nerve enters
2.
an area where vision is hindered or obscured
3.
a prejudice, or area of ignorance, that one has but is often unaware of
4.
an area where radio reception is poor
blind spot in American English
noun
1. Anatomy
a small area on the retina that is insensitive to light due to the interruption, where the optic nerve joins the retina, of the normal pattern of light-sensitive rods and cones
2.
an area or subject about which one is uninformed, prejudiced, or unappreciative
I confess that operettas are my blind spot
3. Radio
an area in which signals are weak and their reception poor
4. Also called: dead spot
any part of an auditorium, arena, or the like, in which a person is unable to see or hear satisfactorily
5.
an area to the side and slightly behind a driver's field of vision that is not reflected in the vehicle's rearview mirror
Word origin
[1860–65]
Examples of 'blind spot' in a sentence
blind spot
Yet you have certain blind spots, areas of endeavour or personal issues that you ignore because of the painful doubts or feelings of futility that they arouse.