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Use hyphens to avoid confusion:

Mother to be asked… is not the same as Mother-to-be asked.

Use hyphens to distinguish between similar words, such as:

Hyphens can also be used:

in double-barrelled adjectives, such as middle-aged
in phrases, such as t-shirt, door-to-door
to avoid words with two consonants or vowels together, such as pre-empt, shell-like