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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 paradox of intolerance says the one thing to be intolerant of is intolerance itself.
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Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
Inspector Generals' offices must be staffed by people who are constitutionally intolerant of injustice.
—Lucy Lang, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
Advertisement One reason is that Chinese companies in Thailand have historically been intolerant of labor unions.
—Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Today another Russian leader, intolerant of the reality of a Ukraine independent from Mother Russia, has made the eradication of Ukrainian identity a prime objective of Russia’s nearly three-year-old war on the country.
—Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Dec. 2024
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Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
Inspector Generals' offices must be staffed by people who are constitutionally intolerant of injustice.
—Lucy Lang, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
Advertisement One reason is that Chinese companies in Thailand have historically been intolerant of labor unions.
—Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Today another Russian leader, intolerant of the reality of a Ukraine independent from Mother Russia, has made the eradication of Ukrainian identity a prime objective of Russia’s nearly three-year-old war on the country.
—Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intolerant
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At a mutual fund, impatient investors get a free ride going in and out, imposing their trading cost damage on fellow shareholders and nibbbling away on everyone’s long-term return.—
William Baldwin,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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The Republican Party, long the home of American conservatism, is now entirely under the sway of impatient reactionaries.—
Ian Millhiser,
Vox,
21 Mar. 2025
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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
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With this victory, Democrats maintain a narrow majority of 102-101 in the state House.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
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The normally thick horizon haze could attenuate and redden the sun's light somewhat giving it the appearance of a narrow slice of cantaloupe melon.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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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
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Members of youth teams, provincial teams and staff reached the UK, US, Portugal, Italy and Albania.—
Colin Millar,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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The limited role of Canada’s electricity in U.S. demand, combined with the lack of provincial unity, might explain why Ford ultimately backed down.—
Aldo Flores-Quiroga,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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Humans like to put things in distinctive bins, but nature is not so prejudiced.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
21 Mar. 2025
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An Idaho judge already agreed to move the trial venue, citing media coverage of the case and concerns that the local community is prejudiced against the suspect.—
Rebekah Riess,
CNN,
6 Mar. 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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At the same time, Putin cultivated ties with illiberal populists across Europe.—
Michael McFaul,
The Atlantic,
10 Mar. 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 7 Apr. 2025.
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