hard-edged

[hahrd-ejd]

adjective

1. realistic and uncompromising.

   a hard-edged documentary.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hard-edged¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

In the late ’60s, Lane was a nationally famous explainer of California culture, hard-edged but with a literary bent.

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Speaking in the House of Commons, Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden said the strategy offered a "plan that is both clear-eyed and hard-edged about the challenges we face."

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On “The Last of Us,” Jeffrey Wright’s Isaac Dixon is the hard-edged leader of the Washington Liberation Front, a rebel group fighting the Seraphites, a theocratic cult, for control of post-Cordyceps Seattle.

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Lisa was up first, on Friday night, with a slick, highly-choreographed set that combined hard-edged rap cuts like Money and Lifestyle, with the softer sounds of Moonlit Floor and Dream.

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Hackman's hard-edged screen persona made him ideal for the intelligent but ruthless characters in film adaptations of John Grisham novels - such as The Firm and Runaway Jury - in which, for the first time, he and former flatmate Dustin Hoffman appeared on screen together.

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