wouldn't
[
w
oo
d
-nt]
/ˈwʊd nt/
1.
contraction of
would not:
I wouldn't ask her.
Usage note
See
contraction.
Examples from the web for
wouldn't
Birds you
wouldn't
normally see because they nest far to the north and spend the winter far to the south.
But it really
wouldn't
have embodied people's lives.
Spring, summer or fall, there's hardly an idle moment that
wouldn't
be better spent out fighting the rocks.
The kennel housed many old dogs, some that
wouldn't
hunt and others that couldn't be taught new tricks.
To judge by the servants, one
wouldn't
believe the master was ruined.
It caught fire six times last winter, but it
wouldn't
burn.
That's shocking, that they
wouldn't
give you the maps.
Something that would stand out in the sea of aging desert bungalows, but that
wouldn't
cost an arm and a leg.
If you think a little carrot
wouldn't
take long to clean, you'd be wrong.
He found track lights that
wouldn't
get in the way of the garage door.
British Dictionary definitions for
wouldn't
wouldn't
/
ˈwʊd
ə
nt
/
contraction
1.
would not
Idioms and Phrases with
wouldn't
wouldn't
In addition to the idiom beginning with
wouldn't
also see:
butter wouldn't melt
caught dead, wouldn't be
not (wouldn't) lift a finger
also see under:
not