# Negative query : all the documents that DONT have the word "cat' in the title?

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**Created:** [February 8, 2015, 1:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/negative-query-all-the-documents-that-dont-have-the-word-cat-in-the-title/22032 "2015-02-08T13:36:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![nicom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nicom/32/488_2.png) [@nicom](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nicom)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2015, 1:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/negative-query-all-the-documents-that-dont-have-the-word-cat-in-the-title/22032/1 "2015-02-08T13:36:45Z")

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hi ,

How to formulate a negative query in ES that matches : all the documents  
that don't have the word "cat' in the title?

thanks

NM

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**Post date:** [February 8, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/negative-query-all-the-documents-that-dont-have-the-word-cat-in-the-title/22032/2 "2015-02-08T16:10:29Z")

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Using a query string query -cat should work.

David

> Le 8 févr. 2015 à 14:36, NM [n.maisonneuve@gmail.com](mailto:n.maisonneuve@gmail.com) a écrit :
> 
> hi ,
> 
> How to formulate a negative query in ES that matches : all the documents that don't have the word "cat' in the title?
> 
> thanks
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**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/negative-query-all-the-documents-that-dont-have-the-word-cat-in-the-title/22032/3 "2017-07-06T00:34:17Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 12:34am UTC