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shouldn't

verb
/ˈʃʊdn̩t/UK/ˈʃʊnʔ/

Etymology

From should + -n't.

  1. inherited from sċolde
  2. inherited from scholde
  3. suffixed as shouldn't — “should + n't”

Definitions

  1. Should not (negative auxiliary)

    • I shouldn't be telling you all this. It'll make you angry.

  2. Something that should not be done.

    • Being a list-o-maniac, I suggested we make a list of the "shoulds" and "shouldn'ts." So in the darkness of hazy sleep, I began to mentally prepare mine. The first item on the "should" side was easy: a sibling for our 3-year-old daughter.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for shouldn't. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA