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〜そうにない: doesn't look like it will

N3 · 07 Appearance, hearsay & certainty

Says that something does not look likely to happen.

Verb stem + そうにない (also そうもない, そうにもない). It is a judgement from what you see now. Different from 〜なさそう (looks like there is none). Example: 雨がやみそうにない.

Examples

今日きょうは仕事しごとが終おわりそうにない。

It doesn't look like I will finish work today.

この雨あめはしばらくやみそうもありませんね。

This rain doesn't look like it will stop for a while, does it?