no chance

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fat chance n.
long shot n.
desperate adj.

NOUN

fat chance

Synonyms

WEAK

chance in a million ghost of a chance impossible no way not a prayer poor outlook poor possibility poor prospect slim chance small chance snowball's chance in hell unthinkable very little chance when hell freezes over

NOUN

long shot

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fluke

WEAK

chance hit hundred-to-one shot little chance long odds lucky shot off-chance one in a million outside chance poor bed slim chance small chance

ADJECTIVE

desperate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

despondent forlorn futile sad vain

STRONG

downcast goner

WEAK

at end of one's rope back to the wall can't win dead duck despairing desponding gone hard up in the soup in the toilet inconsolable irrecoverable irremediable irretrievable no-win running out of time sunk up against it up the creek useless wretched

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cheerful happy hopeful joyful

WEAK

calm confident content contented satisfactory satisfied secure unworried

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no chance

After months of submitting applications, he accepted a sales job paying $50,000 a year with virtually no chance of earning a commission, based on the company’s benchmarks.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

“He’s been incapacitated from the moment he left the field, and with no chance of recovering,” said Carey, who added that he is limited on what he has been authorized to discuss concerning Mayich’s condition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Yet around Washington the word is that the defense money has no chance until the lame-duck session—and maybe not then.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Made a great save to deny Wirtz but was well-beaten by Gakpo's cross for Isak's leveller and had no chance with Munoz's strike.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

I knew she had no chance out there.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia

no chance

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