Usually means: Not required; no necessity exists.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word needn't:

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  1. needn't: Merriam-Webster
  2. needn't: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. needn't: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. needn't, needn't: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Needn't, need'nt, needn't, neednt, neednt: Wordnik
  6. needn't: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. needn't: Wiktionary
  8. needn't: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. needn't, neednt: Dictionary.com
  10. neednt: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. needn't: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ verb:  (negative auxiliary, chiefly British, formal or literary) Need not.


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