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Russian
Etymology
не- (ne-) + спроста́ (sprostá)
Pronunciation
Adverb
неспроста́ • (nesprostá)
- (colloquial) not without purpose, with some hidden design
- Antonym: спроста́ (sprostá)
- э́то неспроста́ ― éto nesprostá ― there is something behind that; (this is) no accident; there is more to it than meets the eye
Ukrainian
Etymology
From не- (ne-) + спроста (sprosta).
Pronunciation
Adverb
неспро́ста • (nesprósta)
- (sometimes predicative) for a reason, not without reason, not for nothing
2019 [2018], Steven Pinker, chapter 4, in Olena Lyubenko, transl., Просвітництво сьогодні. Аргументи на користь розуму, науки та прогресу, Nash Format, translation of Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress (in English), →ISBN:Соціальне страхування неспроста називають третьою рейкою американської політики: якщо політики торкнуться її, їм кінець.- Socialʹne straxuvannja nesprosta nazyvajutʹ tretʹoju rejkoju amerykansʹkoji polityky: jakščo polityky torknutʹsja jiji, jim kinecʹ.
- Not for nothing is Social Security called the third rail of American politics: if politicians touch it, it's the end for them.
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