〜どころか

Formation

N2ComparisonNeutral
Verb
どころか
I-adj
/Na-adj
/Noun
どころか

Meaning

Used to emphasize that the actual situation is far beyond or even opposite to what was mentioned.

Examples

そんなこと、できるどころか、聞いたこともない。

Far from being able to do such a thing, I haven't even heard of it.

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