oughtn't

[ awt-nt ]

1. contraction of ought not.

Usage Note

See contraction, ought ¹.

Example Sentences

And I feel as if I oughtnt to have picked out such awfully easy honors to take.

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You oughtnt to want to get pedigreed geese that belonged to a farmerespecially a farmer with that kind of a disposition.

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We oughtnt to let him stay out here in the woods all night, all alone.

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Benjie oughtnt to have come out here without a cork helmet, said David.

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Talk to me about Oriental palanquins and Jap jinrickshas; this has got the whole bunch beat, if I do say it as oughtnt.

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