black marknoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˌblæk ˈmɑːk/us/ˌblæk ˈmɑːrk/informalthe fact of people noticing and remembering something that you have done wrong or failed to do:
If I'm late for work again, it will be another black mark against me.
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Faults and mistakes
- a blot on sb's character idiom
- aberration
- Achilles heel
- adrift
- blemish
- chink
- clinker
- creep in/creep into sth
- erratum
- error
- failing
- false alarm
- false move
- faux pas
- lapse
- loophole
- misprint
- misspell
- mistake
- mistaken
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