hard-nosed
hard·no·sed
adjective
1.
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”
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