[onlybeforenoun] simple and direct; only paying attention to important and necessary things:
a no-nonsense approach / style * She was a tough, no-nonsense leader.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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In this entry, no-nonsense is tagged as adjective.
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