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JLPT N1 Grammar

ことなしに

N1Negation

N1 · Negation · verb辞書形 + ことなしに

without doing; unless

verb辞書形 + ことなしに

ことなしに means the following cannot happen without doing the preceding action; it is written style.

The following clause often has an impossible or negative meaning.

十分な検証を行うことなしに、製品を公開することはできない。

We cannot release the product without sufficient verification.

Do not use it exactly like ないで; it is more formal and stresses necessity.

Without A, B cannot happen.

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