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買わなくて

not buy and...

→ 買う
買わ buy + なく Negative (adverbial form) + て Te-form (conjunctive)
verb · necessitative Rare #26,774
not buy and... Used to connect a negative clause to what follows, often meaning “without buying” or “because one did not buy.”
JA: その本を買わなくてよかった。
EN: I'm glad I didn't buy that book.
Conjugation of 買う
Necessitative
買わなきゃ買うべき買わなくて買わなくちゃ

その本は買わなくてもよかったのに。

You didn't have to buy that book.

水をマレーシアから買わなくてはならないのです。

We have to buy water from Malaysia.

新しいスキーを一組買わなくてはなりません。

I have to buy a new pair of skis.

外国から買わなくてはなりません。

We have to buy it from abroad.

こんなものを買わなくてよかった。

I'm glad I didn't buy something like this.

そんな高い本買わなくてもよかったのに。

You didn't have to buy such an expensive book.