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JLPT N2 Grammar

はずではない

N2Inference / Appearance

N2 · Inference / Appearance · plain form + はずではない / noun + のはずではない / na-adjective + なはずではない

is not supposed to; should not be the case

plain form + はずではない / noun + のはずではない / na-adjective + なはずではない

Expresses that, based on the available information, something should not be in that state. It carries a nuance of mismatch with expectation.

Compared with はずがない, this form more often points to something being wrong relative to an arrangement or expectation.

この資料は外部に出るはずではない。

This document is not supposed to leave the company.

Do not attach a noun directly to はず; nouns normally take の before はず.

はず is expectation; ではない denies that expected state.

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