DON'T-KNOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does don't-know mean? 

• DON'T-KNOW (noun)
  The noun DON'T-KNOW has 1 sense:

1. a person who responds 'I don't know' in a public opinion poll

  Familiarity information: DON'T-KNOW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DON'T-KNOW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who responds 'I don't know' in a public opinion poll

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

70% in favor, 13% opposed and 17% don't-knows

Hypernyms ("don't-know" is a kind of...):

interviewee (a person who is interviewed)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)