1
as in impatient
unable or unwilling to endure
intolerant of fools, she is not an easy person to work for
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as in bigoted
unwilling to grant other people social rights or to accept other viewpoints
intolerant people who callously deny others the very rights that they take for granted
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Recent Examples of intolerant
Cats that are intolerant to lactose may experience gas, vomiting or diarrhea after eating dairy products.
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David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
India has become fitfully intolerant of entertainment that offends certain sensibilities, often religious.
—Alex Travelli, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
But her cause, once mocked as intolerant and self-righteous, has been revived by members of today’s conservative Christian movement who warn that homosexuality is a threat to children.
—Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2025
The paradox of intolerance says the one thing to be intolerant of is intolerance itself.
—Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
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David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
India has become fitfully intolerant of entertainment that offends certain sensibilities, often religious.
—Alex Travelli, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
But her cause, once mocked as intolerant and self-righteous, has been revived by members of today’s conservative Christian movement who warn that homosexuality is a threat to children.
—Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2025
The paradox of intolerance says the one thing to be intolerant of is intolerance itself.
—Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intolerant
Adjective
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As for the dire wolf, Lamm told me that the decision to put it at the front of the line was not because the company was impatient with its difficult marquee projects.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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Meanwhile, rising talent is increasingly impatient to make an impact.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The Democrats lost an election to someone with autocratic tendencies who has expressed endless racist, bigoted, and misogynistic beliefs.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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The damage included bigoted graffiti and gallons of chemical spillage, the agency said.—
Marin Independent Journal,
Mercury News,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The narrow five-game spread between the top and bottom performers illustrates the relative consistency in baseline predictive ability.—
Giovanni Malloy,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Steve Vladeck, a professor at Georgetown University, told lawmakers that applying relief in such a narrow way wouldn’t make sense.—
Rebecca Beitsch,
The Hill,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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For the Americans working in Germany, the industry chain of command conflicted with cultural politics — Americans held parochial views about their post–World War II national superiority.—
Armond White,
National Review,
28 Feb. 2025
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Currently the parochial vicar at St. Lucy Parish in Campbell, Rev. Pedigo formerly served as pastor at St. Julie Billiart and Our Lady of Guadalupe in San Jose.—
Sal Pizarro,
The Mercury News,
8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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There will be the usual provincial arguments about which league was actually the strongest.—
Brian Hamilton,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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This year the rebels have made significant gains, including seizing the provincial capitals of Goma and Bukavu.—
Kate Bartlett,
NPR,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The 28-year-old from Vineland, New Jersey, took to social media and threw a prejudiced tantrum aimed at the entire country of Mexico.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Take Stallone’s troubled Vietnam vet, Rambo, who hates prejudiced cops, duplicitous CIA agents and sadistic Soviet lieutenant colonels (not in that order).—
John DeVore,
Rolling Stone,
31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Connecting the world did not, in fact, convert illiberal societies to liberalism.—
Henry Farrell,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Apr. 2025
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And that's why Trump and his administration would like to move other parts of the world, parts that are sort of reliably democratic in a more illiberal direction.—
Obed Manuel,
NPR,
25 Feb. 2025
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Instead of articulating a compelling vision that could spark a broad-minded counterpunch to narrow-minded populism, Newsom has taken an oddly defeatist course in his first podcasts.—
Steven Greenhut,
Orange County Register,
16 Mar. 2025
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Gazing out onto Prince William Sound with its stunning scenery had this narrow-minded city-and-car guy bitten by the cruise bug.—
David Dickstein,
Orange County Register,
5 Feb. 2025
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“Intolerant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intolerant. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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