zero tolerance

noun

: a policy of giving the most severe punishment possible to every person who commits a crime or breaks a rule

The police announced that there will be zero tolerance for looters.

The camp has a zero tolerance drug and alcohol policy.

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Khan has promised to make a new Pakistan where the people enjoy a genuine democracy with rule of law and zero tolerance for corruption, but his party has not been very successful in its provincial administration. —

Syed Fazl-E-Haider, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2017 Networks are complex, with absolutely zero tolerance for human error. —

Mike Bushong, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024 As in the Columbine days, the new zero tolerance allows adults to abdicate responsibility for doing harder work in exchange for the quick fix. —

Gayle Forman, Peoplemag, 18 July 2024 The reason there will be zero tolerance for bulls–t energy in here is because this is my first time in New Orleans at the f—ing 30-year anniversary of the ESSENCE Festival. —

Michael Saponara, Billboard, 9 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for zero tolerance

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