hadn't

Meanings

1. 1
   contraction

   a contraction of had not, used with a past participle or in other negative forms of had

   We hadn't seen the river rise so quickly before.

A contraction of had + not. The ending -n't is a reduced form of not, with the apostrophe marking the omitted vowel; it is used both in the past perfect and in other negative constructions with had.

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