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ˈhɑrdˌnoʊzdhard-nosed
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Princeton's WordNet
hardheaded, hard-nosed, practical, pragmaticadjective
guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
"a hardheaded appraisal of our position"; "a hard-nosed labor leader"; "completely practical in his approach to business"; "not ideology but pragmatic politics"
Synonyms:
practical(a), pragmatical, hardheaded, matter-of-fact, mulish, virtual(a), pragmatic, practicalAntonyms:
unrealistic
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#2735 | practical | |
#19905 | pragmatic | |
#24054 | stubborn | |
#238144 | hardheaded |
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I'm hard-nosed about luck. I think it sucks. Yeah, if you spend seven years looking for a job as a copywriter, and then one day somebody gives you a job, you can say, Gee, I was lucky I happened to go up there today. But, dammit, I was going to go up there sooner or later in the next seventy years. If you're persistent in trying and doing and working, you almost make your own fortune.
We’re trying to keep things low scoring. I think when you have two teams that are very similar, the way they want to play and the way we want to play clashes sometimes. I think we’re both very similar teams trying to get get pucks deep and get our D involved, hard-nosed and simple, so I think it was just one of those weird ones that turned out that way.
Marion was an old-school, hard-nosed football player who ran with the will to win every down, he had a passion for the game and love for his coaches and teammates. Our hearts go out to Marion's family and friends during this difficult time.
You never try to get in a battle with another team, we’re trying to keep things low scoring. I think when you have two teams that are very similar, the way they want to play and the way we want to play clashes sometimes. I think we’re both very similar teams trying to get get pucks deep and get our D involved, hard-nosed and simple, so I think it was just one of those weird ones that turned out that way.
I knew it would happen, i knew we ’d get better every game, or try to. The group of guys are hard-nosed guys, competitive guys. At the end of the day, we just want to win.
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