hard-nosed, adj.
guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
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hard-nosed hardheaded practical pragmatic
sample sentences
"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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