Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Hardheaded.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In hunting, having little or no sense of smell: said of dogs.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective facing reality squarely; guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory; tough and pragmatic.
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- adjective
guided bypractical experience andobservation rather than bytheory - adjective idiomatic
hardheaded
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- adjective guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
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Examples
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The suggestion of a secret life led by the high-profile former sheriff has roiled the suburban Denver county where Sullivan was known as a hard-nosed lawman who served on a national law enforcement task force in the 1990s.
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The suggestion of a secret life led by the high-profile former sheriff has roiled the suburban Denver county where Sullivan was known as a hard-nosed lawman who served on a national law enforcement task force in the 1990s.
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He was known as a hard-nosed officer who was solidly respected by his troops, and he’d handled tough assignments before.
Brotherhood of Heroes Bill Sloan 2005
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He was known as a hard-nosed officer who was solidly respected by his troops, and he’d handled tough assignments before.
Brotherhood of Heroes Bill Sloan 2005
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The authors are crusaders for hard-nosed research and evaluation in particular, randomized controlled trials, the social science gold standard of anti-poverty programs to inform an idealized donor, foundation program officer or social investor of the future, namely, the perfectly rational decision-maker.
Jonathan Lewis: Social Impact Evaluation: Useful? Utopian? (Part 1 of 4) Jonathan Lewis 2011
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The authors are crusaders for hard-nosed research and evaluation in particular, randomized controlled trials, the social science gold standard of anti-poverty programs to inform an idealized donor, foundation program officer or social investor of the future, namely, the perfectly rational decision-maker.
Jonathan Lewis: Social Impact Evaluation: Useful? Utopian? (Part 1 of 4) Jonathan Lewis 2011
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The authors are crusaders for hard-nosed research and evaluation in particular, randomized controlled trials, the social science gold standard of anti-poverty programs to inform an idealized donor, foundation program officer or social investor of the future, namely, the perfectly rational decision-maker.
Jonathan Lewis: Social Impact Evaluation: Useful? Utopian? (Part 1 of 4) Jonathan Lewis 2011
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The softhearted utopian became the hard-nosed defender of the faith.
Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011
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The authors are crusaders for hard-nosed research and evaluation in particular, randomized controlled trials, the social science gold standard of anti-poverty programs to inform an idealized donor, foundation program officer or social investor of the future, namely, the perfectly rational decision-maker.
Jonathan Lewis: Social Impact Evaluation: Useful? Utopian? (Part 1 of 4) Jonathan Lewis 2011
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The softhearted utopian became the hard-nosed defender of the faith.
Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011
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