need not
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.89 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Indicating absence of necessity; needn't, do(es) not have to, do(es) not need to.
British usage
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Want ads for what little manual labor there was frequently had the stipulation INNA, an acronym for Italians and Irish Need Not Apply."
Usage
Inflected Forms
Synonyms
not have to
needn't