Basically, ~ku wa nai is used to affirm something "is not" a given adjective.
- warui?
悪い?
Is [it] bad? - waruku wa nai kedo..
悪くはないけど・・・
Bad, [it] is not but...- It's something else. (this is a contrastive wa は.)
See ~ku wa ~くは for details about the grammar.
Manga: Mairimashita! Iruma-kun 魔入りました!入間くん (Chapter 12, 入間の“夢”)
- Context: a human boy ends up in the demon world.
- ningen-kai ni modoritaku wa nai no desu ka?
人間界に戻りたくはないのですか?
Don't [you] want to return to the demon world?- modoritai
戻りたい
Want to return. - modoritakunai
戻りたくない
Not want to return.
- modoritai
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