Usually means: Obligation or expectation; often negated.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word shouldn't:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. shouldn't: Merriam-Webster
  2. shouldn't: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. shouldn't: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. shouldn't, shouldn't: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Shouldn't, Shouldnt, Shouldnt, should'nt, shouldn't, shouldnt, shouldnt, shouldnt: Wordnik
  6. shouldn't: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. shouldn't: Wiktionary
  8. shouldn't: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. shouldn't: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. shouldn't, shouldnt: Dictionary.com
  11. shouldnt: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. Shouldn't: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. shouldn't: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. shouldnt: Wordnik

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shouldn't: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Shouldn't: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (shouldn't)

verb:  Should not (negative auxiliary)
noun:  (informal) Something that should not be done.

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