no-nonsense

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1. Practical, not tolerating from others or concerning oneself with anything silly or unimportant.

   Her no-nonsense way of resolving issues impressed her superiors.

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   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.

   2020 November 18, Howard Johnston, “The missing 'Lincs' and the sole survivor”, in Rail, page 58

   Pistorius […] has a reputation as a sharp-tongued, no-nonsense policymaker.

   2023 January 17, Kate Connolly, “Germany’s no-nonsense new defence minister faces early test over Ukraine”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

   [Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney]’s been able to sell himself as a no-nonsense technocrat who knows how to steer a crisis.

   2025 April 2, Sara Miller Llana, “Who is Mark Carney? Maybe just who Canada wants to face off against Trump.”, in The Christian Science Monitor

2. No-frills.

   This grilled cheeze ^([sic]) sandwich makes for a rich but no-nonsense brunch […]

   2011, Vincent J. Guihan, New American Vegan, page 204