What are some opposite words for no-nonsense?
Antonyms for no-nonsenseno-non·sense
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Princeton's WordNet
no-nonsenseadjective
not tolerating irrelevancies
"the no-nonsense tones of a stern parent"
Antonyms:
indirect
How to use no-nonsense in a sentence?
We've forgotten all the first lessons, the cops are there to protect the innocent and lock up the bad. Schools are there to teach reading, writing, counting, thinking and the reliable standards of right and wrong — not a lot of the other nonsense that we're doing.
To act as though throwing up a small section of wall on private land does anything to effectively secure our southern border from human- and drug-trafficking or address the humanitarian needs of the asylum seekers and local communities receiving them - that's nonsense.
This isn't just technical nonsense. This is a really powerful step in restoring the integrity of the real estate title system.
The only place that doesn’t want term limits on Congress is right here, Washington, that’s where all of the career politicians are. … In Washington, they say term limits cannot be done. That’s nonsense. They work for us. We don’t work for them.
My experience with him was he was clear-eyed, no nonsense, no sugarcoating, no bullshitting. Just giving you the straight reality of what you needed to do.
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