What is the meaning of hard-nosed?

adjective

  • Guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory.
    • usage: "a hardheaded appraisal of our position"; "a hard-nosed labor leader"; "completely practical in his approach to business"; "not ideology but pragmatic politics"
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