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mightn't

verb
SayMY-tuhnt/ˈmaɪtn̩t/

1 meaning of mightn't

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  1. 1
    verbrare
    Short form of 'might not', used when something may not be true or may not happen.

    You mightn't like the ending, but the movie is still worth watching.

    "But at night she would still think the same thing: mightn't it be that he wouldn't come to see her anymore?"
    1974, Mario Vargas Llosa, Conversation in the Cathedral: A NovelHere, mightn't means might not.
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Origin

It comes from "might" plus "n't", the short form of "not".