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need-nots

need-nots is the plural of need-not.

Meaning of need-not

Noun

need-not (plural need-nots)

  1. (obsolete) Something that is not needed or is excessive.
    • Such abundance must be laid out on superfluous recreations, buildings, ornaments, furniture, equipage, attendants, entertainments, visitations, braveries, and a world of need-nots […]1673, Baxter's Practical Works, Vol. I

Questions about need-nots

What is need-nots the plural of?
Need-nots is the plural of need-not.

Words near need-nots in the dictionary

  1. need-based
  2. need-blind
  3. need-fire
  4. need-fires
  5. need-not
  6. need-nots
  7. need-to-know
  8. need-to-knows
  9. needa
  10. needable
  11. needcessities

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