to dunno

Examples

• All

• I dunno what I'm gonna say to them.

  Goal II: Living the Dream (2007)

• Speaking of the tussle, here's what Earl said after the game: "I dunno what he could've been mad at."

  Blog text (22)

• - I dunno, my car I guess.

  A Breed Apart (1984)

• Not once have I EVER said or heard any guy I know say, "I dunno, man."

  Blog text (2)

• How many times have teachers and parents heard "I dunno" to a question that began with "Why"?

  Academic text (2008)

• - I mean, I dunno, they're old.

  Back to Black (2024)

• - I dunno, it doesn't matter.

  Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)

• Anna and Froga: I dunno, what do you want to do?

  Blog text (27)

• "I dunno," the mother said as she cracked her gum and stared around the room.

  Fiction book (1991)

• I dunno how to fix this problem.

Synonyms

K

to know nothing

vsto dunno

279 3.6

To have no idea about something

is an informal conversational reply rather than a formal factual statement

D

to don't have a clue

vsto dunno

80 6.4

To not know anything about a subject or situation

is a less forceful everyday informal denial

B

beats me

vsto dunno

• Informal

7 8.6

I do not know

is a milder quieter informal reply rather than an expressive admission

N

no earthly idea

vsto dunno

• Informal

5 7.5

To not know anything at all about something

is milder and less dramatic in tone

F

fuck knows

vsto dunno

• Offensive

1 9.9

Tells others you have no idea and is rude

is similar but avoids vulgarity and is softer

K

to know from a bar of soap

vsto dunno

• Informal

9.9

To not understand anything about a subject

is the same idea but in a more common casual phrasing

Antonyms

K

to know

∞ 1.0

To have information about something

How Certain

sureness

1 3.6

to know

∞ 1.0

to believe

∞ 1.0

unsureness

3.8

to dunno

• Informal

31 9.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology