no-nonsense

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no-non·sense

(nō-nŏn′sĕns′, -səns)

adj.

Not tolerating irrelevancies; direct, efficient, and practical: the no-nonsense tones of a stern parent; plain, no-nonsense meals at a diner.

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no-nonsense

(ˌnəʊˈnɒnsəns)

adj

sensible, practical, straightforward; without nonsense of any kind: a businesslike no-nonsense approach; a severe no-nonsense look.

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no′-non′sense

adj.

serious; businesslike.

[1925–30]

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Adj.

no-nonsense - not tolerating irrelevancies; "the no-nonsense tones of a stern parent"

direct - straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach"

no-nonsense

adjective

Marked by sober sincerity:

businesslike, earnest, serious, sobersided.

Idiom: in earnest.

Translations

no-nonsense

[ˌnəʊˈnɒnsəns] ADJ → sensato

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

no-nonsense

adj → (kühl und) sachlich, nüchtern

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

no-nonsense

[ˌnəʊˈnɒnsɛns] adj → che va al sodo

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