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in the dark

UK/ɪn ðə dɑːk/US/ɪn ðə dɑɹk/

in the dark prepositional phrase: without information.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Without information.
    • Management kept the board of directors completely in the dark.
    • They remained in the dark until the newspaper story came out.
  2. (slang) Without looking at one's hole cards, thus not knowing what they are.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, the, dark; without light, somewhere that is dark.
    • I tripped over his suitcase in the dark.

in the dark meaning in Malayalam

in the dark in Malayalam

ignorant, unaware, oblivious
ഇരുട്ടിലായ, അജ്ഞനായ, അനഭിജ്ഞം, അജ്ഞം, ബോധമില്ലാത്ത, അറിഞ്ഞുകൂടാത്ത

Examples of in the dark in a sentence

  • You must remember, Mr Atherton, that I am wholly in the dark as to what has happened.1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:
  • Meanwhile, the administration had been keeping Congress, including its leadership, completely in the dark.1983, James C. H. Shen, “Beginnings of Endings”, in Robert Myers, editor, The U.S. & Free China: How the U.S. Sold Out Its Ally...

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Questions about in the dark

What does in the dark mean?
In the dark means without information.
What is in the dark in Malayalam?
In the dark in Malayalam is ഇരുട്ടിലായ, അജ്ഞനായ, അനഭിജ്ഞം. See In the dark meaning in Malayalam.
How do you use in the dark in a sentence?
You must remember, Mr Atherton, that I am wholly in the dark as to what has happened.
What part of speech is in the dark?
In the dark is a prepositional phrase.
How do you pronounce in the dark?
In the dark is pronounced /ɪn ðə dɑːk/ (UK).

Words near in the dark in the dictionary

  1. in the club
  2. in the cold light of day
  3. in the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
  4. in the course of time
  5. in the crosshairs
  6. in the dark
  7. in the distance
  8. in the dock
  9. in the dogbox
  10. in the doghouse
  11. in the drink

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Adapted from Wiktionary: in the dark (page history and authors); in the dark (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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