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This is from one of the readings in 中級から学ぶ日本語 workbook (Ch.16), about a man
who has just retired and is sitting back with a beer thinking about how hard
he worked and whether it was all worth it. There are a couple of sentences in
there that use the ず form which are confusing me:

> There were also those terrible times when I had to go away on business three
> times a month. それでも別に不満には思わず人の倍働き、今日定年を迎えたのだ。

I'm guessing it means something like, 'Yet, without being aware of my
dissatisfaction, and working twice as hard as others(?), today I welcome in my
retirement.' But I'm not sure if 別に不満には思わず modifies 人 as in 'a person who is
dissatisfied without knowing', or if there are three clauses in there 1) not
realising my(?) dissatisfaction, 2) working twice as hard as a normal person
(??), 3) welcome in my retirement.

> I would think 'I'm quitting! But if I quit, what could I do? The world is a
> tough place, I have to support my family.' These thoughts troubled me.
> だれにも言わず、だれにも言えず、苦しんだ。

Does this mean 'Not telling anyone, and not being able to tell anyone, I
suffered through it'?
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ず negative verb
Sorry but both Eric Wang and e2r2i2k2 are incorrect. 言わず is similar to 言わないで,
not 言わない (unless it's placed at the end of a sentence). And this 思わず is a
negative adverbial which modifies 働き. ず never modifies a noun.

ず ≒ ずに ≒ ないで  
（ 思わず ＝ negative of 思い ）≒ 思わずに ≒ （ 思わないで ＝ negative of 思って ）

So the sentence means: "Having worked twice as hard as others without feeling
unhappy in particular, today I'm having the day of retirement".
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