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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
The Gaza protests had been galvanizing for Republicans, who, even before October 7th, had viewed universities as captured by radical thinking on race and politics, rife with grade inflation, and intolerant of conservatives.
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Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
Plants are intolerant of dry summer soil, making summer a stressful time for planting.
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Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
13 Apr. 2026
Coyotes are naturally more intolerant of dogs and humans when pups are on the line.
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Caden Perry,
jsonline.com,
9 Apr. 2026
The flat logistic curve that makes the rising tide gradual also means the final climb toward 99%-plus reliability is a long one, a meaningful buffer for error-intolerant professions in law, medicine, and engineering.
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
Plants are intolerant of dry summer soil, making summer a stressful time for planting.
—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
13 Apr. 2026
Coyotes are naturally more intolerant of dogs and humans when pups are on the line.
—
Caden Perry,
jsonline.com,
9 Apr. 2026
The flat logistic curve that makes the rising tide gradual also means the final climb toward 99%-plus reliability is a long one, a meaningful buffer for error-intolerant professions in law, medicine, and engineering.
—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intolerant
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There were cartoon beavers everywhere, brisket sandwiches far better than any gas station should be able to produce, and a bar of jerky (and a wall of jerky next to it for the impatient or antisocial).
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Giving this much power to women hopefully filters out the worst, impatient creeps.
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That means that, every once in a while, when someone is saying bigoted things or acting aggressively around other customers, they get kicked out.
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Conservative pundits and websites have amplified MLB's initial statement and called the league intolerant, bigoted and divisive.
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An energy vampire has bad body language, the complaining look on their face, the vocal complainer.
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The narrow win pushed Morocco into first place in Group C, all but securing a spot in the knockout rounds for the 2022 World Cup semifinalists.
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Just outside downtown, this narrow stretch of former warehouses is now lined with markets, mom-and-pop shops and restaurants that spill onto the sidewalks all summer long.
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In the most parochial place that ever was or ever will be, authenticity functions as a means of psychic gatekeeping, and someone who doesn’t speak the lingua Francona isn’t someone who’s worth listening to when the game’s on.
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Of course, the ever-parochial instincts of Chicago, where neighborhood loyalties rule and aldermen are fiercely protective of their ward domains, means the decision on the location of any future Leo landmark could be contentious.
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Online databases, provincial vital records offices, and archives help reconstruct the family chain.
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The court convicted the two defendants after a trial that was initially held in Gwadar and later moved to a high-security prison in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, because of security concerns.
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The balls provided a rare opportunity for competitors to express themselves outside of the confines of a prejudiced society and later offered education and testing as the community battled HIV/AIDS.
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But the rich sometimes actually can face a prejudiced jury.
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There was an equal and opposite reaction from far-right Americans and Europeans, some of whom had flocked to Budapest in recent years, treating it as an illiberal city on a hill, and a source of government largesse.
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The prominence of Hasan Piker, an apologist for terrorism and a proponent of authoritarian regimes, has revealed a much broader comfort on the left with illiberal ideas and violent methods.
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“Intolerant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intolerant. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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