Unlikely / Impossible

5 related grammar points that express the same core idea - compared below so you can tell which one to reach for.

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そうにない / っこない / ようがない

Dismissing something out of hand, among friends.

vs : Use っこない. It is blunt spoken denial ('no way that's happening'). そうにない is a neutral assessment that something looks unlikely, so it lacks the dismissiveness and is the one to use in writing.

There is genuinely no means of doing it.

vs : Use ようがない: 連絡しようがない. It says no method exists, which is a statement about the world. ものか is a rhetorical refusal ('as if I would'), which is a statement about your own will.