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No-nonsense   /noʊ-nˈɑnsɛns/   Listen
No-nonsense

adjective
1.
Not tolerating irrelevancies.





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"No-nonsense" Quotes from Famous Books



... course, as many styles of dictating letters as there are of writing them; but three stand out. One is the Indignant Confidential; one the Hesitant Tactful; and one the No-Nonsense Efficient. Bitter experience in three orderly London houses only a day or so ago chances to have led to such complete examples of each of these styles that the reader has the felicity of acquiring at the same time a valuable insight into business methods and a glimpse ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, February 14, 1917 • Various


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