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JLPT N1
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Meaning
not likely
-2
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Formation
Phrases
ゆるすまじきことであれ。
It's something that cannot be forgiven
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すまじきものはみやづかえ。
It's government service one should avoid.
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ゆるすまじきぼうげんをはいた。
She used offensive language that cannot be forgiven.
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Discussion and comments
まじ is a predecessor of まい, both archaic foorm of auxilliary verb meaning negation of べし.

In the modern Japanese, it is not commonly used in conversation excpet for some archaic set phrase such as すまじきものは宮仕え、This was written about 1,000 years ago by 清少納言(Seishonagon) in her essay called 枕草子(Makurano Soushi).
bamboo4
can this be translated as "no need to"?
dc
No, it's more emphatic "should not."
bamboo4