hardline
/ˈhɑɹdlaɪn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.95 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A retail product collection consisting primarily of hardware targeting the do-it-yourself customer.
noun
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.
noun
A physical wire or cable connection; landline.
adj
Uncompromising; rigidly holding to a set of beliefs.
adj
Belonging to a hardline.
Example Sentences
- "The Hardlines Digest is an Internet mailing list for members of the retail hardware and home center industry."
- "Comparable-store sales in hardlines declined in the mid single-digit range, with the strongest performance in sporting goods."
- "Smith's hardline approach to drugs gained him the support of many local citizens."
- "To come up with common, honorable, flexible, sensible, creative, meaningful, non-coercive "codes" or expectations of ethical behavior while avoiding laying down hard-line, guilt-inspiring "politically correct" rules and superficial judgements is no small feat."
- "Emmanuel Macron’s ruling centrist party was divided and soul-searching on Wednesday after a strict new immigration law was approved by parliament but contained so many hardline measures that the far-right Marine Le Pen claimed it as an “ideological victory” for her own anti-immigration platform."
- "hardline product"
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈhɑɹdlaɪn/
- British English: /ˈhɑːdlaɪn/