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hard-edged

English translation: tough, pulling no punches

14:52 Feb 3, 2021
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Science - Management
English term or phrase: hard-edged
How should we give and receive feedback? we
wonder. How much, and how often, and using which
new app? And, given the hoopla over the approaches
of Bridgewater and Netflix, how hard-edged and
fearlessly candid should we be?

The dictionary def did not work for me...That's why I asked here
Masoud Kakouli Varnousfaderani
Türkiye
Local time: 08:56
Selected answer:tough, pulling no punches
Explanation:
not pussyfooting around or sweet-talking or beating about the bush

but being completely honest and hardhitting

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Note added at 22 mins (2021-02-03 15:14:59 GMT)
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telling it like it is, So feedback will be direct, honest and complete.

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Note added at 22 mins (2021-02-03 15:15:35 GMT)
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IF they decide it's going to be "hard-edged"

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Note added at 26 mins (2021-02-03 15:18:55 GMT)
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(How should we give and receive feedback?...) how hard-edged and
fearlessly candid should we be?
so basically they have to decide whether they will take a softly-softly approach or begive honest feedback with nothing held back

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Note added at 26 mins (2021-02-03 15:19:24 GMT)
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typo give (not begive)
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Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 06:56
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +8tough, pulling no punches
Yvonne Gallagher
4a tough, driving, or sharp quality (personality)
Teresa Goncalves


  

Answers


21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
tough, pulling no punches


Explanation:
not pussyfooting around or sweet-talking or beating about the bush

but being completely honest and hardhitting

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 22 mins (2021-02-03 15:14:59 GMT)
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telling it like it is, So feedback will be direct, honest and complete.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 22 mins (2021-02-03 15:15:35 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

IF they decide it's going to be "hard-edged"

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 26 mins (2021-02-03 15:18:55 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

(How should we give and receive feedback?...) how hard-edged and
fearlessly candid should we be?
so basically they have to decide whether they will take a softly-softly approach or begive honest feedback with nothing held back

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 26 mins (2021-02-03 15:19:24 GMT)
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typo give (not begive)

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 06:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 51

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Katya Kesten
1 min
  -> Many thanks:-)
agree  Shelley Upton
5 mins
  -> Many thanks:-)
agree  Mark Robertson
24 mins
  -> Many thanks:-)
agree  AllegroTrans: frank, honest, down to earth, etc. etc.
32 mins
  -> Many thanks:-)
agree  Tina Vonhof (X)
2 hrs
  -> Many thanks:-)
agree  Shilpa Baliga
16 hrs
  -> Many thanks:-)
agree  Mariana Guilherme
19 hrs
  -> Many thanks:-)
agree  Katalin Horváth McClure
1 day 22 hrs
  -> Many thanks:-)
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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
a tough, driving, or sharp quality (personality)


Explanation:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard-edged


Good luck!

Teresa Goncalves
Portugal
Local time: 06:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  AllegroTrans: It's not about anyone's personality but how things are said
5 mins
  -> '...how hard-edged and fearlessly candid should we be?´ SHOULD WE BE it is indeed personality (even if a short time/only in the moment personality).
agree  Katalin Horváth McClure: Hard-edged is used as an adjective, and so are these synonyms, so they are good.
1 day 22 hrs
  -> Thanks!
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