Sekirov Dictionary

need not

verb 2
need-not noun 1
forms 2

verb2

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Indicating absence of necessity; needn't, do(es) not have to, do(es) not need to.
- My example illustrates how circularity can arise in arguments that appeal to experiment. But the very same example serves to show that this need not be the case. — 2013
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(old-fashioned) Indicating inadvisability; ought not to.
- Want ads for what little manual labor there was frequently had the stipulation INNA, an acronym for Italians and Irish Need Not Apply. — 2018

need-not noun1

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(no longer used) Something that is not needed or is excessive.
- Such abundance must be laid out on superfluous recreations, buildings, ornaments, furniture, equipage, attendants, entertainments, visitations, braveries, and a world of need-nots […] — 1673

forms

needed not · need-nots

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