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
They were politicized, rigid in their views, and intolerant of other opinions.
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Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
Hellenistic culture was imperfectly tolerant; the Christian one perfectly intolerant.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
The American people need to know that Lin-Manuel Miranda is intolerant of people who don't agree with him politically.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
This is but one indication of the way in which the war constitutes a clash of civilizations – one that’s repressive and intolerant, and another that’s far more open and inclusive.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for intolerant
Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
Hellenistic culture was imperfectly tolerant; the Christian one perfectly intolerant.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
The American people need to know that Lin-Manuel Miranda is intolerant of people who don't agree with him politically.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
This is but one indication of the way in which the war constitutes a clash of civilizations – one that’s repressive and intolerant, and another that’s far more open and inclusive.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intolerant
Adjective
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Reese said pedestrians sometimes become impatient when trains stop downtown and block intersections and crosswalks.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 May 2025
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Given Sunderland trailed in 16th in the Championship last May and had no permanent manager, fans were entitled to be impatient.—
Michael Walker,
New York Times,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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According to Adams, who saw his famed cartoon cut from numerous outlets following bigoted remarks be made in 2023, the prostate cancer that has metastasized to his bones will kill him within a matter of months.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
19 May 2025
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In that vein, centering a parent-child relationship like Flamingo and Lidia’s (and having several transgender aunts look out for a cisgender child by encircling her like a lion’s pride) is a stern rebuke of bigoted narratives about trans predation.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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This was a narrow approach, aimed at providing vouchers for students in districts that were in receivership (a sort of financial takeover primarily for financial issues).—
Peter Greene,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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Sherrill has held a consistent yet narrow lead in recent surveys.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
Adjective
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It could not be fenced off and become a parochial one now.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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Investors might want to be less parochial just as political policy becomes increasingly so.—
Ron Insana,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2025
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The group said that as provincial supervisor in Chicago for the Augustinian order in 2000, Prevost allowed a priest accused of abusing at least 13 minors to live at the Augustinian order’s St. John Stone Friary in Hyde Park, half a block from St. Thomas the Apostle Elementary School.—
Bob Ortega,
CNN Money,
9 May 2025
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British Columbia also moved to expand its provincial tax incentive, in the face of a severe downturn in film employment in recent years.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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Judge John Judge granted the defense motion to move the trial out of Latah County due to concerns the local community is prejudiced against him.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
1 May 2025
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America’s seeming inability to escape the pull of Vietnam’s symbolic weight shifts the focus away from the issues at hand by invoking the distant world of Vietnam-era America in which criticisms of misguided foreign military intervention or prejudiced domestic policies can be safely contained.—
Made by History,
Time,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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These fissures are where Islamism leaps in to segregate, cohort, and indoctrinate with antidemocratic illiberal Islamist values forming the milieu ripe for radicalization, including terrorism and evolutionary jihad.—
Faisal Kutty,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
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By then, the majority of global political regimes could range from hybrid illiberal democracies to authoritarian states.—
RANA MITTER,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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The inherent orthodoxy of his premise excluded all other alternatives to narrow-minded rationalism and its ethical constraints.—
Jonathon Keats,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Of the trio, Bernadette was written as the strictest rule-follower — possibly even the most narrow-minded.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Intolerant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intolerant. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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