"hard-headed" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more hard-headed",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most hard-headed",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "hard-headed (comparative more hard-headed, superlative most hard-headed)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "word": "hardheaded"
        }
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          "source": "w"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1960 March, “A transport manager's view of B.R. freight services”, in Trains Illustrated, page 179",
          "text": "This increase has not been caused by empire-building on the part of transport managers, who have to convince such hard-headed men as accountants and boards of directors of their arguments.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1997, “Buying a Rural Property”, in Back to Basics, Surry Hills, NSW: Reader's Digest (Australia) Pty Limited, page 10",
          "text": "Having found a property that 'feels' right you then have to adopt a hard-headed attitude and consider the realities of life in a new environment.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of hardheaded"
      ],
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      ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "hard-headed"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more hard-headed",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most hard-headed",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "hard-headed (comparative more hard-headed, superlative most hard-headed)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "hardheaded"
        }
      ],
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1960 March, “A transport manager's view of B.R. freight services”, in Trains Illustrated, page 179",
          "text": "This increase has not been caused by empire-building on the part of transport managers, who have to convince such hard-headed men as accountants and boards of directors of their arguments.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1997, “Buying a Rural Property”, in Back to Basics, Surry Hills, NSW: Reader's Digest (Australia) Pty Limited, page 10",
          "text": "Having found a property that 'feels' right you then have to adopt a hard-headed attitude and consider the realities of life in a new environment.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of hardheaded"
      ],
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        [
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        ]
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  ],
  "word": "hard-headed"
}