hard-nosed
adjective
hardheaded or tough; unsentimentally practical.
hardnosed
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a variation of
hard-nosed.
Example Sentences
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A former US ambassador to Ukraine, John Herbst, has a more hardnosed view of that long term commitment.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2023
Blanchett plays a hardnosed, gifted and gay conductor of a major German orchestra, whose seemingly unstoppable career hits the hurricane of an abuse scandal that is never fully explained.
From Reuters ● Sep. 1, 2022
As with many American urban centres that have seen financial hardship, this meant corporate executives making hardnosed decisions to cut services and save money.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 12, 2016
Tshering told me that the rumors were true: The 58-year-old former king always rides wearing his traditional gho, and is an exceptionally hardnosed cyclist.
From New York Times ● Oct. 30, 2014
“Yglesias, and many other pundits,” Ginna argues, “strike a pose of hardnosed realism by telling us the Amazon-Hachette dispute ‘is just about price.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2014
