didn't used to
didn't used to is the negative of used to.
Meaning of used to
Verb
used to (no third-person singular simple present, no present participle, simple past used to, no past participle)
- Formerly and habitually or repeatedly, but possibly no longer, did.
- You never used to like soap operas, did you? I used to like that band long ago, and I was surprised I still do. I used to know a guy from the UK who pronounced "mother" with the "r". It used to be me who ran the company. There used to be open fields here. Now it's a shopping mall.
Questions about didn't used to
- What is didn't used to the negative of?
- Didn't used to is the negative of used to.
Words near didn't used to in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: didn't used to (page history and authors); used to (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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