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hard-nosed

Letters that make hard-nosed

s, a, o, d, e, n, h, r are letters that make 'hard-nosed'

Words within hard-nosed

nose, os, OS, ar, SE, HA, ED, hard, nosed, no, AR, Ar, No, Os, Se are words within 'hard-nosed'

hard-nosed is a 10 letter word ending with d
hard-nosed is a 10 letter word starting with h

1 possible definitions for 'hard-nosed'

Hard Nosed as "guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory"

Under this definition, hard-nosed is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

hardheaded, practical, pragmatic have the same meaning as 'hard-nosed'

Derivatives of hard-nosed

practicality, realism, pragmatism, practice, pattern are derivatives of 'hard-nosed'.

Similar to hard-nosed

realistic is similar to hard-nosed.

Example of hard-nosed used within this context

"a hardheaded appraisal of our position", "a hard-nosed labor leader", "completely practical in his approach to business", "not ideology but pragmatic politics"