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hard-line

hard-line is the alternative form of hardline.

Meaning of hardline

Adjective

hardline (not comparable)

  1. Uncompromising; rigidly holding to a set of beliefs.
    • Smith's hardline approach to drugs gained him the support of many local citizens.
  2. Belonging to a hardline.
    • hardline product

See all 5 meanings of hardline

Questions about hard-line

What is hard-line the alternative form of?
Hard-line is the alternative form of hardline.

Words near hard-line in the dictionary

  1. hard-launch
  2. hard-launched
  3. hard-launches
  4. hard-launching
  5. hard-left
  6. hard-line
  7. hard-liner
  8. hard-liners
  9. hard-luck
  10. hard-luck stories
  11. hard-luck story

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hard-line (page history and authors); hardline (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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