DON'T-KNOW

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Example:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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)

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