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adjective
no-nonsense  adj.  
1.
Not tolerating irrelevant or frivolous distractions; businesslike; serious; as, the no-nonsense tones of a stern parent; the chairman adopted a no-nonsense attitude.
2.
Serving the purpose without unnecessary complications; uncomplicated; plain; not fancy.
3.
Hence: Practical and economical.





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"No-nonsense" Quotes from Famous Books



... For my part I find Eliphaz more of a personage than the other two; grander in the volume of his mind, securer in wisdom; as I find Zophar rather noticeably a mean-minded greybeard, and Bildad a man of the stand-no-nonsense kind. But, to tell the truth, I prefer not to search for individuality in these men: I prefer to see them as three figures with eyes of stone almost expressionless. For in truth they are the conventions, all through,—the ...
— On The Art of Reading • Arthur Quiller-Couch


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