The phrase "absence of testing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where testing has not been conducted or is lacking.
Example: "The absence of testing in this phase of the project raises concerns about the reliability of the final product."
Alternatives: "lack of testing" or "nonexistence of testing".
Early this year, Gen. John Shalikashvili, a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, proposed steps that Washington could take on its own to strengthen verification of other countries' compliance with the ban and assure that America's own stockpile of nuclear warheads remained reliable in the absence of testing.
Detection would not have occurred in the absence of testing.
But the absence of testing for endocrine end points makes it difficult to declare this a true negative.
We cannot conclude that we have found strong evidence for contextual effects in the absence of testing hypothesised causal pathways in a longitudinal analysis.
Limitations of the study are the sample size, the use of sputum samples for the assessment of bronchial secretions and the absence of testing for viral infection.
Absence of testing for diabetic antibodies and measurement of waist circumference are also common and limit the use of existing records.
Untreated Vero cell control and infection controls were made in the absence of tested compounds.
Cells were treated for 20 minutes with LiCl (20 mM) and propanolol (20 µM) in the presence or absence of tested compounds.
The assay is based on the detection of the fluorophore 7-amino-4-methylcoumarin (AMC) after cleavage from the labeled substrate LLVY-AMC in the presence and the absence of tested compounds.
"Even in the absence of test results we felt, and still feel, it is prudent to wait".
But the absence of Tests in the interim will mean the distant prospect of the Ashes will lend an overtone to every performance of note, and every failure.
