TAKOBOTO

no need to
There's no need to be insulting, you know!
〜しなくても　いい

ただのかぜですから、しんぱいすることはありません

Its just a common cold, so there's no need to worry.

このよにおもいわずらうことはない。

I don't have a care in the world.

じかんはじゅうぶんあるからいそぐことはない。

There is no need to hurry as we have plenty of time.

ちょっとまたされただけで、なにもそんなにおこることはないでしょう。

You only had to wait a little bit, so there's no need to get so upset.

きみがあやまることはないよ。

There is no need for you to apologize.

Formation:

Vる＋ことはない

hana

動−辞書刑 ＋ ことはない

vraddict

I have also seen the expression: (verb/inf.)必要はない used to mean the same thing. Is there a difference nuance between these, or one preferred over another?

karamu san

I'd rather define this as (verb/inf.)ことはない, the meaning being the simple verb to gerund conversion + negation and thus referring to [koto]

Kaens

Is it [必要とする] the opposite expression to [ことはない ]??

Cleber

#5820 文字化け？ I guess 時間は十分あるから急ぐことはない。 十分 here can be read as じゅうぶんenough or じゅっぷん 10 minutes.

Miki

Is this right? Shouldn`t it be 〜ことではない
〜ことはない　means that thing isn`t or doesn`t exist but ではない means its not that kind of thing.

I don`t think I have heard a native speaker use ことはない


jyubun　can also mean enough or sufficent. so #5820 could be translated as

because there is sufficent time, there is no need to hurry.

tigert

I hear this grammar pattern used by native speakers all the time. I'd say it's the number one way to say there's no need/it's not necessary.

corbettgreg

「必要はない」and「ことはない」have the same meaning.

herinapotter