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What is the negation of the below phrase?

The need for tester programming

Is the below phrase true?

Not the need for tester programming

What about below phrases?

  1. not needing to tester programming
  2. not need to tester programming
  3. not needing tester programming
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    More context would help. Can you please provide the entire sentence? Negation is normally generally applied to a verb, but "the need" here is a noun.
    – Otomatonium
    Commented May 20, 2018 at 6:51
  • @Otomatonium I want to list advantages of a tool. They are not complete sentences. They are phrases.
    – B A
    Commented May 20, 2018 at 7:09
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    "The negation of" a phrase doesn't make much sense to me. A phrase designates some (real, or abstract) object or objects: what would you mean by "the negation of" those objects? The absence of them? Something that is not identical with them? Something which is the antithesis of them, in some sense? It is not well defined what you mean.
    – Colin Fine
    Commented May 20, 2018 at 10:19
  • It sounds like one advantage of the tool is "No need for tester programming."
    – joiedevivre
    Commented May 24, 2018 at 5:52

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The common negation of this expression would be:

No need for (any) tester programming.

Examples:

Although it is an important component of the design, there is no need for catastrophic failure testing.

When designing the new site there should be no need to take our own developers off of critical tasks. Everything can be done with outside consultants.

All of your examples are not natural English.

Side question: I'm not sure "tester programming" is the correct phrase for what you are trying to say. What exactly is the task?

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  • Thanks for your kind help. Regarding "tester programming", I mean programming which is done by a tester (user).
    – B A
    Commented May 20, 2018 at 7:06
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    @BA It seems highly unusual to have the users do any programming. I wonder instead if there's another term that fits better, like "writing tests" which is something testers commonly do. "Programming" is generally done by core developers -- but it may be different in your industry.
    – Andrew
    Commented May 20, 2018 at 16:46
  • Re-reading all answers and comments, I think that I've misunderstood what OP wanted. Thanks for your help.
    – RubioRic
    Commented May 20, 2018 at 17:27
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In addition to the direct negation no need for in the first answer, I can suggest as alternatives:

  • ((You) can) do without tester programming

  • ((You) can) omit tester programming

or if there is a longer list of successive steps in a workflow and you can leave out this one step:

  • skip tester programming.
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