Modifies a noun

• defender: Hasney Aljofree, perhaps not the best in the air, would be considered a no-nonsense defender who dealt well with ground-level attacking play.

• approach: More than 120,000 teachers have enjoyed the flexible no-nonsense approach of 100 Maths Lessons for the past five years.

• guide: O'Reilly's no-nonsense guide, Learning Windows Server 2003, 2nd Edition, gives you just what you need to get the job done.

• attitude: Ford believes his no-nonsense attitude could be the answer to problematic reserve berth.

• style: I liked the no-nonsense easy style of David Pike's editorial.

• manner: The audience were immediately whipped up into a frenzy as the band plowed on in their usual no-nonsense, high energy manner.