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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2
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
Non-dairy milk alternatives, such as oat, soy, almond, rice, and cashew milk, are excellent options for individuals who wish to consume milk but are intolerant to lactose or other ingredients found in milk or lactose-free milk.
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Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 8 Aug. 2025
Of course, Williams would not deny that Black people still occasionally find themselves on the business end of an intolerant remark or suspicious glance; his own brother was violently assaulted by a police officer in his front yard.
—Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2025
Shasta daisies are intolerant of wet soil, which encourages crown and root rots that shorten the life of plants.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 28 July 2025
This silly holiday comedy features Sandler as both intolerant brother and odd-job twin sister (Jill) while everyone else looks on in horror.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 26 July 2025
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Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 8 Aug. 2025
Of course, Williams would not deny that Black people still occasionally find themselves on the business end of an intolerant remark or suspicious glance; his own brother was violently assaulted by a police officer in his front yard.
—Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2025
Shasta daisies are intolerant of wet soil, which encourages crown and root rots that shorten the life of plants.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 28 July 2025
This silly holiday comedy features Sandler as both intolerant brother and odd-job twin sister (Jill) while everyone else looks on in horror.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 26 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intolerant
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As Pietro becomes more impatient with Gatti, hearing about Felice’s losing streak in his nightly phone calls home, Felice is prompted into his first, necessary act of rebellion against his father’s loving but stifling authority.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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With the elder Thompson out the door, the turnaround gets even tougher, and fans likely even more impatient.—
Molly Geary,
Sportico.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Antoni, who once ran a Twitter account featuring bigoted attacks and conspiracy theories and who economists across the political spectrum say is unqualified, has suggested suspending the Bureau’s monthly job report altogether.—
Marianne Cooper,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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But Target’s response frustrated supporters of gay and transgender rights, who said the company caved to bigoted pressure.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Students have a narrow window to unlock access to training that could dramatically shape their post-grad trajectory.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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For decades, OPOs have been bulky systems with narrow ranges.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Now, fashion is very parochial and very predictable.—
James Fallon,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
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This week, in parochial and Christian schools across Chicago and the suburbs, schoolchildren filed into pews with their classmates to observe church services ahead of the school day.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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One particularly notable viral video featured the son of a provincial government minister posing in front of a tree made from boxes of luxury labels including Louis Vuitton, Cartier and Gucci.—
Nir Kshetri,
The Conversation,
14 Sep. 2025
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The provincial assembly for the Gandaki province in Pokhara, Nepal’s second largest city, was set on fire, as well as the Siraha District Court in southeast Nepal, and at least a dozen government buildings across the Rupandehi province and the Gautam Buddha International Airport in the area.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Like almost every city in the South, Orlando was still struggling with its prejudiced past — damage that is still evident today in the city’s most impoverished neighborhoods, and in communities like Parramore where historic identity is threatened by dividing roads and gentrification.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 July 2025
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The co-defendants argued that keeping the trial in Nelson County would impede their rights to a fair and impartial trial because the publicity and news coverage the case has received could lead to a prejudiced jury pool.—
Killian Baarlaer,
The Courier-Journal,
2 July 2025
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But Kennedy has already propagated an insidious revolution within the agencies under his control, using a playbook familiar to illiberal leaders—culling expertise, silencing critics, and weaponizing administrative procedure to grant a veneer of legitimacy to his actions.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2025
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The trio – who had never appeared together in public before – formed the defiant face of an emerging bloc of illiberal leaders determined to push back against Western rules and tilt the global balance of power in their favor.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
4 Sep. 2025
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The deficient vice of being open-minded is being narrow-minded.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Knowledge-wise, science may be advancing, but, politically, its powers of persuasion are in retreat, in a moment defined, in many ways, by ignorance and narrow-minded grievance.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Intolerant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intolerant. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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