How do you pronounce not've?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈnɑtəv/.

not've

/ˈnɑtəv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.09 in modern English

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Contraction of not + have.

"I'd not've fallen in if you'd've told me it was there, Da. And I'd not've sunk if you'd've taught me how to swim."
"Mac McAdams might not've added all those "ayes," but he spoke in such a melodious dialect that "aye" kind of came out understood."
"“To the fan, did it add that much value?” Nelson wondered. “Was it worth that much time? I don’t know. It might not’ve.”"

not + -'ve

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