ずして (zushite)

Not doing something; failing to do it, in a literary or formal style

Meaning & usage

ずして is a formal, literary way to say 'without doing' something. It attaches to the negative form of verbs made with ず (する becomes せずして), and it often appears in set phrases like 意図せずして or 待たずして, sometimes in rhetorical questions.

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