HARDLINE

hardline, hard-line

(adjective) firm and uncompromising; “a hard-line policy”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

hardline (plural hardlines)

(business) A retail product collection consisting primarily of hardware targeting the do-it-yourself customer.

(business) A retail product collection which includes many non-information goods, such as home appliances, housewares, and sporting goods, in addition to the DIY hardware which is the focus of the first definition, above.

(telephony) A physical wire or cable connection; landline

Adjective

hardline (not comparable)

uncompromising; rigidly holding to a set of beliefs

(business) belonging to a hardline

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

29 March 2025

THOUGHTLESS

(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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