as in unsentimental
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Recent Examples of hard-edged
The Good, the Bad and the Painterly As Bouancheau fashioned a Puss that was more lyrical, like a character that stepped out of a fairy tale book and less hard-edged, all the other characters followed suit.
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Karen Idelson, Variety, 23 Feb. 2023
Karen Idelson, Variety, 23 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hard-edged
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Photo Gallery This kind of unraveling isn’t that new in the pantheon of British kitchen-sink dramas, but what is quite startling is the film’s clear-eyed, unsentimental portrayal of Michael as the author of his own tragedy.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
17 May 2025
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Success in great-power competition requires rigorous and unsentimental net assessment.—
Kurt M. Campbell,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Darcy goes running after Elizabeth in the rain…and then proposes to her in quite a clumsy and unromantic way?—
Marley Marius,
Vogue,
25 Mar. 2025
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Unforgiven recasts the genre as a pitiless, almost pathologically unromantic realm populated by twits hoping to make their name and aged gunslingers who have to make peace with their bad pasts.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2025
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Everyone in the studio nods along to Paco’s tough-minded flexes and mafioso folktales.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
11 Apr. 2025
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There are no Cooper Flagg’s on St. John’s, but there are all these tough-minded and talented players so much fun to watch, RJ Luis Jr. and Zuby Ejiofor and Kadary Richmond and Deivon Smith, who powered through the Big East Tournament with a shoulder injury.—
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Is this a cynical attempt to rescue their party from a political free fall?—
John Opdycke,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 May 2025
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And so Lee’s reinterpretation strains to leave us on a high instead of a low, as befits the finale of an update so compellingly eager to flip the script on one of Kurosawa’s most cynical films.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
19 May 2025
Adjective
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This portion reads like a playbook, less polished but more grounded.—
Esther K. Choy,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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We were meant to be more grounded, more gritty, more political, more complex and mature.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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Even with Bailey singing her lovestruck heart out, Rob Marshall's redo doesn't make the same refreshing splash as the 1989 animated classic but gets points for trying with a more logical narrative.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
26 May 2025
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Therefore, the logical starting point might be to first to prop this thing at least back up to respectability.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
24 May 2025
Adjective
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And, of course, doing all these things in the presence of clients just shows a complete lack of rational thought.—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
29 May 2025
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This is a state where each person settles on a strategy that feels rational given everyone else’s, even if the group as a whole is stuck in mediocrity.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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Like Vidic, Milenkovic is a powerful, no-nonsense defender.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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Miller quickly became a cast favorite thanks to her no-nonsense demeanor, quick wit and tantalizing aura.—
Tayler Adigun,
Essence,
28 May 2025
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“Hard-edged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hard-edged. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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