wouldn't

American  

[wood-nt] / ˈwʊd nt /

1. contraction of would not:

   I wouldn't ask her.

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wouldn't British  

/ ˈwʊdənt /

contraction

1. would not

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wouldn't Idioms  

More idioms and phrases containing wouldn't

• butter wouldn't melt
• caught dead, wouldn't be
• not
• not (wouldn't) lift a finger

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Usage

See contraction.

Example Sentences

"They'd just decamp to Manchester and you wouldn't see them again until Tuesday or Wednesday the next week, looking like they'd had quite a good time."

From BBC

"Then a few years later you wouldn't get signed if you didn't have a pair of trainers, and a hoodie on or whatever," he smiled.

From BBC

Speaking after Farooq was convicted, Greenwood said: "He was the right person in the right place at the right time, because most people wouldn't have done what he did."

From BBC

I just wouldn’t rely on it for real-time information and would double-check its recommendations.

From The Wall Street Journal

Shopify said last year in an employee memo that it wouldn’t hire new employees unless managers prove that AI couldn’t do the job, and that AI would be part of employees’ performance reviews.

From The Wall Street Journal