"no-nonsense" meaning in English

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      "form": "more no-nonsense",
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      "form": "most no-nonsense",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Her no-nonsense way of resolving issues impressed her superiors.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 November 18, Howard Johnston, “The missing 'Lincs' and the sole survivor”, in Rail, page 58:",
          "text": "We can now better understand the vision of three local authorities to hire no-nonsense former Eastern Region General Manager Gerry Fiennes to take on his old British Rail adversaries - and win.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 January 17, Kate Connolly, “Germany’s no-nonsense new defence minister faces early test over Ukraine”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
          "text": "Pistorius […] has a reputation as a sharp-tongued, no-nonsense policymaker.",
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        }
      ],
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        "Practical, not tolerating from others or concerning oneself with anything silly or unimportant."
      ],
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "practical, not concerning oneself with anything silly or unimportant",
          "word": "no-nonsense"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "practical, not concerning oneself with anything silly or unimportant",
          "word": "suoraviivainen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "practical, not concerning oneself with anything silly or unimportant",
          "word": "tosikkomainen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "practical, not concerning oneself with anything silly or unimportant",
          "word": "totinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "practical, not concerning oneself with anything silly or unimportant",
          "word": "sachlich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "practical, not concerning oneself with anything silly or unimportant",
          "word": "nüchtern"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "practical, not concerning oneself with anything silly or unimportant",
          "word": "rzeczowy"
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "practical, not concerning oneself with anything silly or unimportant",
          "word": "poważny"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "serʹjóznyj",
          "sense": "practical, not concerning oneself with anything silly or unimportant",
          "word": "серьёзный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "delovoj",
          "sense": "practical, not concerning oneself with anything silly or unimportant",
          "word": "деловой"
        }
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        {
          "ref": "2011, Vincent J. Guihan, New American Vegan, page 204:",
          "text": "This grilled cheeze ^([sic]) sandwich makes for a rich but no-nonsense brunch […]",
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        }
      ],
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        "No-frills."
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  "word": "no-nonsense"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more no-nonsense",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "most no-nonsense",
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        "superlative"
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    }
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  "pos": "adj",
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        },
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          "ref": "2020 November 18, Howard Johnston, “The missing 'Lincs' and the sole survivor”, in Rail, page 58:",
          "text": "We can now better understand the vision of three local authorities to hire no-nonsense former Eastern Region General Manager Gerry Fiennes to take on his old British Rail adversaries - and win.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 January 17, Kate Connolly, “Germany’s no-nonsense new defence minister faces early test over Ukraine”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
          "text": "Pistorius […] has a reputation as a sharp-tongued, no-nonsense policymaker.",
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        }
      ],
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        "Practical, not tolerating from others or concerning oneself with anything silly or unimportant."
      ]
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        "No-frills."
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "practical, not concerning oneself with anything silly or unimportant",
      "word": "no-nonsense"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "practical, not concerning oneself with anything silly or unimportant",
      "word": "suoraviivainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "practical, not concerning oneself with anything silly or unimportant",
      "word": "tosikkomainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "practical, not concerning oneself with anything silly or unimportant",
      "word": "totinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "practical, not concerning oneself with anything silly or unimportant",
      "word": "sachlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "practical, not concerning oneself with anything silly or unimportant",
      "word": "nüchtern"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "practical, not concerning oneself with anything silly or unimportant",
      "word": "rzeczowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "practical, not concerning oneself with anything silly or unimportant",
      "word": "poważny"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "serʹjóznyj",
      "sense": "practical, not concerning oneself with anything silly or unimportant",
      "word": "серьёзный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "delovoj",
      "sense": "practical, not concerning oneself with anything silly or unimportant",
      "word": "деловой"
    }
  ],
  "word": "no-nonsense"
}