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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
Through careful assessments, Miller and Afrin found that people most likely to have mast cell activation syndrome were also highly likely to be chemically intolerant.
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Kate Raphael, Discover Magazine, 23 June 2025
Many of the asylum-seekers are Christians who fled Iran and its intolerant views toward non-Muslim religions.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 26 June 2025
Plants are intolerant of dry summer soil, making summer a stressful time for planting.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 20 June 2025
Pea protein: Peas are almost as protein-dense as soy, so pea protein is an excellent choice for anyone intolerant to soy.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2025
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Kate Raphael, Discover Magazine, 23 June 2025
Many of the asylum-seekers are Christians who fled Iran and its intolerant views toward non-Muslim religions.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 26 June 2025
Plants are intolerant of dry summer soil, making summer a stressful time for planting.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 20 June 2025
Pea protein: Peas are almost as protein-dense as soy, so pea protein is an excellent choice for anyone intolerant to soy.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intolerant
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Davidson and Murphy play particularly well off of each other as the goofy junior employee and the impatient veteran, but Palmer and Longoria hold their own as well.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Aug. 2025
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More impatient with delays that slow execution—yet still committed to standards.—
Jack Zenger,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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In 2016, Trump, while running for President, was also suing a restaurateur for cutting ties over his bigoted comments about Mexican immigrants.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
11 Aug. 2025
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Anti-Islamophobia advocates called the bigoted attacks typical of what American Muslims in public life have come to expect.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
26 June 2025
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Currently, Republicans control the House and Senate, but the margins are narrow.—
Romy Ellenbogen,
Miami Herald,
5 Aug. 2025
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Some companies have taken early steps, like reducing prior authorization for high-performing providers, but these efforts remain too narrow.—
Rita Numerof,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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South suburban committee members, meanwhile, showed parochial loyalty to Kelly.—
Rick Pearson,
Chicago Tribune,
19 July 2025
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In a chamber fraught with parochial interests and personalities in spades, the sprint to finish this by the July 4 holiday is going to be clipped.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
22 May 2025
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Alberta’s national and provincial parks offer rugged alpine terrain, glacier-fed lakes, and jaw-dropping views perfect for adventurous runners.—
Jennifer Malloy,
Outside,
1 Aug. 2025
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Kuper notes that during his 2017 presidential campaign, Emmanuel Macron raised more money from French people in Great Britain than in France’s ten largest provincial cities.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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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
Adjective
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As a consequence, the illiberal, unhinged right, now united behind Trump, has stolen a march on them.—
Book Marks
August 1,
Literary Hub,
1 Aug. 2025
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Its opposite—illiberal—means stingy, narrow-minded, intolerant, provincial, unenlightened, and using government to insure the flourishing of only the few.—
Harper’s Magazine,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
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Its opposite—illiberal—means stingy, narrow-minded, intolerant, provincial, unenlightened, and using government to insure the flourishing of only the few.—
Harper’s Magazine,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
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That is something that has always struck me as strange and narrow-minded.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 June 2025
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“Intolerant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intolerant. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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