don't-know

noun

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

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

• Usage Domain: ↑colloquialism

• Hypernyms: ↑interviewee

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/dohnt"noh"/, n.

a person who has no opinion or is undecided, as in answering an item on a public-opinion poll.

[1885-90]

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don't-knowˈ noun

(the answer given by) someone whose mind is not made up with regard to some, esp political, issue

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Main Entry: ↑don't

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don't-know «DOHNT NOH», noun.

a person or thing that is undecided, especially an undecided voter or vote: »

Both Labour and Conservatives report up to 33¹/₃ per cent “don't-knows,” even in some of the marginal seats, which looks as though a large protest vote could be garnered by the Liberals who are contesting every seat (Sunday Times).

╂[< one of the responses (Yes/No/Don't know) listed in the forms which are circulated among voters in the public opinion polls]

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ˌdon't-ˈknow 7 [don't-know] noun

a person who does not have a strong opinion about a question which they are asked in an ↑opinion poll

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A quarter of all the people surveyed were don't-knows.

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Put me down as a don't-know.