hardcase

adjective

Definition of hardcasenext
as in unsentimental

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Recent Examples of hardcase This five-piece luggage set comes with two hardcase suitcases and a matching hardcase carry-on. — Christopher Murray, FOXNews.com, 26 Mar. 2025 Be prepared with a five-piece luggage set that includes a large and medium suitcase, a hardcase carry-on, an extended duffel bag and a toiletry bag. — Christopher Murray, Fox News, 26 Nov. 2024 Its hardcase shells are made with aerospace-grade, water-resistant polycarbonate materials. — Jean Chen Smith, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hardcase
  1. unsentimental
  2. hard-edged
  3. hard-bitten
  4. hard-boiled
  5. sarcastic
  6. ironic
  7. jaded
  8. worldly-wise
Adjective
  • This autobiography of Graves’ youth remains one of the greatest accounts of the war; unsentimental, often comic, but unflinching in its portrayal of battle and of postwar trauma.
    — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Yet Gabriele is notably unsentimental about the prestige attached to any particular stockist.
    — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of unsentimental
Adjective
  • 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.
    — Karen Idelson, Variety, 23 Feb. 2023
Definition of hard-edged
Adjective
  • Alaska has devolved into a colony of big oil, and its politics have become so closed, hard-bitten, and strident.
    — Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2015
Definition of hard-bitten
Adjective
  • Eggs, whether as mayonnaise or hard-boiled additions to a potato salad, are one factor.
    — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
  • It can be poached, scrambled, scotched, roasted, hard-boiled, devilled, pickled, and soft-boiled, all by itself.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Definition of hard-boiled
Adjective
  • The other sarcastic superhero-ed character that makes a few cameos in the film has their own connection to Spider-Man – again, centered on loneliness and eventually learning to open up from their own recent film.
    — Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • In the present, Lara meets Mari, a sarcastic and blunt high school tomboy who competes as a boxer.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 24 July 2026
Definition of sarcastic
Adjective
  • The post is also ironic given what Musk had just told The Economist.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 29 July 2026
  • That’s a striking claim — and an ironic one, since outsourcing your thinking is arguably exactly the point of using AI, of which Microsoft is a leading vendor.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 29 July 2026
Definition of ironic
Adjective
  • But Kivlen, who grew up on Long Island, began to feel jaded with the city as his twenties drew to an end.
    — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2026
  • Even for jaded American soccer fans, the lopsided result landed like a shock.
    — Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 7 July 2026
Definition of jaded
Adjective
  • Crucially, they are grounded in real-world experiences, from a recent exchange with worldly-wise restaurant waitresses in Bordeaux exemplifying trust and collaboration, to the coaching of top CEOs over the past 20 years.
    — HEC Paris Insights, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Parroni does a good job of balancing the way that adolescents veer from experimenting with a worldly-wise cynicism and dipping back into the wildness of childhood.
    — Catherine Bray, Variety, 9 Sep. 2023
Definition of worldly-wise

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