wouldn't

[ wood-nt ]

1. contraction of would not:

   I wouldn't ask her.

wouldn't

/ ˈwʊdənt /

contraction of

1. would not

Usage Note

See contraction.

Idioms and Phrases

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 .

Example Sentences

Brzezinski said, "Joe and I went to Mar-a-Lago to meet personally with President-elect Trump. And for those asking why we would go speak to the president-elect during such fraught times, especially between us, I guess I would ask back, why wouldn’t we?"

From Salon

They were too afraid and intimidated, or they thought they wouldn’t be believed, or they thought Trump would sue them for defamation if they told anyone.

From Salon

I wouldn't want to be trying to do school homework in a cold room or to have this compound something like dementia.

From BBC

“If perhaps I had gone to the Premier League, that wouldn’t have been the best-case scenario,” Pec said through translator Camila Kawashita.

From Los Angeles Times

Talking about the influence of the crosstown rivalry in homes across Southern California, DeShaun Foster could not help but take a jab at the school he wouldn’t call by name.

From Los Angeles Times