no-nonsense

English

Adjective

no-nonsense (comparative more no-nonsense, superlative most no-nonsense)

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

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

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

     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.

   • 2023 January 17, Kate Connolly, “Germany’s no-nonsense new defence minister faces early test over Ukraine”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

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

2. No-frills.
   • 2011, Vincent J. Guihan, New American Vegan, page 204:

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

Translations

practical, not concerning oneself with anything silly or unimportant

• Dutch: no-nonsense (nl)
• Finnish: suoraviivainen (fi), tosikkomainen (fi), totinen (fi)
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: sachlich (de), nüchtern (de)
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• Kannada: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: rzeczowy (pl), poważny (pl)
• Russian: серьёзный (ru) (serʹjóznyj), деловой (ru) (delovoj)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can