~どころか (far from/let alone)

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The contrastive pattern ~どころか expresses strong denial or reversal: 'far from X (actually Y) / let alone X.' The reality Y typically contradicts or overshoots the expected direction: 安くなるどころか高くなった ('far from getting cheaper, prices went up').

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