Definitions for no-nonsense

no-nonsense no-non·sense

Spelling: [noh-non-sens, -suh ns]
IPA: /ˈnoʊˈnɒn sɛns, -səns/

No-Nonsense is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 2 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 3 points.

You can make 87 anagrams from letters in no-nonsense (-eennnnooss).

Definitions for no-nonsense

adjective

  1. not tolerating anything frivolous or trifling; firm and businesslike:
  2. economical or utilitarian; practical:
  3. plain and simple; not fancy, complicated, or elegant:

Origin of no-nonsense

First recorded in 1925-30

Examples for no-nonsense

He was as much a "no-nonsense" fellow, in his way, as a magistrate, or a minister.'

In addition to her stellar body of work, she will always be remembered for being the no-nonsense half of Bogie and Bacall.

They mostly had a no-nonsense look about them, as if they were not going to be satisfied with more oratory.

With their compact bodies and no-nonsense mannerisms they were recognizably Pyrran.

At the final site meeting before construction began, Cain was in a no-nonsense mood.

In those early days, no-nonsense Anna was a full partner in the business.

Wiry and more grey man than charismatic, Votel is known for his no-nonsense, rather closed demeanor.

He won't be capable of taking a no-nonsense, dogmatic, black-and-white stand.

A good-looking woman, she maintained a no-nonsense approach on her pioneering digs in south-east Anatolia.

"I've been looking around," Malone said in what he hoped was a grim, no-nonsense tone.

Word Value for no-nonsense
Scrable

2

Words with friends

3

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