diff --git a/lib/World.lua b/lib/World.lua
index 4212a82..8cd513b 100644
--- a/lib/World.lua
+++ b/lib/World.lua
@@ -196,14 +196,20 @@ function World:_newQueryArchetype(queryArchetype)
 		for entityArchetype in storage do
 			local archetype = string.split(queryArchetype, "||")
 			local negatedArchetype = archetype[1]
-			local exclude = archetype[2]
+			local filter = { unpack(archetype, 2, #archetype) }
 
-			if exclude then
+			local skip = false
+			for _, exclude in filter do
 				if areArchetypesCompatible(exclude, entityArchetype) then
-					continue
+					skip = true
+					break
 				end
 			end
 
+			if skip then
+				continue
+			end
+
 			if areArchetypesCompatible(negatedArchetype, entityArchetype) then
 				self._queryCache[queryArchetype][entityArchetype] = true
 			end
@@ -413,7 +419,7 @@ local noopQuery = setmetatable({
 	view = noop,
 }, {
 	__iter = function()
-		return noopQuery
+		return noop
 	end,
 })
 
diff --git a/lib/World.spec.lua b/lib/World.spec.lua
index 1e70740..036d7a2 100644
--- a/lib/World.spec.lua
+++ b/lib/World.spec.lua
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ return function()
 			expect(world:size()).to.equal(1)
 		end)
 
-		it("without prototype", function()
+		it("should not find any entities", function()
 			local world = World.new()
 
 			local Hello = component()
@@ -149,11 +149,11 @@ return function()
 			local _helloShirley = world:spawn(Hello(), Shirley())
 
 			local withoutCount = 0
-			for _ in world:query(Hello):without(Bob) do
+			for _ in world:query(Hello):without(Bob, Shirley) do
 				withoutCount += 1
 			end
 
-			expect(withoutCount).to.equal(1)
+			expect(withoutCount).to.equal(0)
 		end)
 
 		it("should be queryable", function()
diff --git a/lib/query.lua b/lib/query.lua
index 581e4e6..1703bd9 100644
--- a/lib/query.lua
+++ b/lib/query.lua
@@ -205,7 +205,9 @@ end
 
 function QueryResult:without(...)
 	local world = self.world
-	local negativeArchetype = `{self._queryArchetype}||{archetypeOf(...)}`
+	local filter = table.concat(string.split(archetypeOf(...), "_"), "||")
+
+	local negativeArchetype = `{self._queryArchetype}||{filter}`
 
 	if world._queryCache[negativeArchetype] == nil then
 		world:_newQueryArchetype(negativeArchetype)