~べくもない
cannot possibly be ~.
JLPT
N1
構造
✦Vる + べくもない
意味
✦ It means 「…することは、とてもできない」 (the action of ... is very impossible).
優勝
は
望
むべくもない
。
There is no hope of winning.
突然
の
母
の
死
を
、
遠
く
海外
にいた
彼
は
知
るべくもなかった
。
He was far away overseas and had no way of knowing about his mother's sudden death.
出来
うるべくもない
程度
.
As much as possible.
注記
✦ This is a formal, classical way of speaking that is not used much nowadays.
