Search for field not containing multiple possible strings

[amine-aboufirass]

In the absence of group subtraction possibilities, I must resort to search queries like this:

groups contains "ContainsFunction" and not (groups contains "Earthquake")

Is it possible to have additional strings in the not clause? I tried the following without success:

groups contains "ContainsFunction" and not (groups contains "Earthquake", "Flood")

groups contains "ContainsFunction" and not (groups contains "Earthquake") and not (groups contains "Floods")

How can I get the intended result? Thanks.

[amine-aboufirass]

I found one way, but it is quite verbose:

groups contains "ContainsFunction" and not (groups contains "Earthquake" or groups contains "Flood" or groups contains "Landslides" or groups contains "Rainfall" or groups contains "Wind")

Is there anything more concise?

[k3KAW8Pnf7mkmdSMPHz27]

If you allow regexp,

does groups = ContainsFunction and not groups = Earthquake|Flood|Landslides|Rainfall|Wind work?

Note that space has a special meaning, to search for "Contains Function" use Contains.Function

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