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intolerant

[in-tol-er-uhnt] / ɪnˈtɒl ər ənt /
ADJECTIVE
impatient, prejudiced
Synonyms
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biased bigoted dictatorial disdainful dogmatic fanatical fractious hateful indignant irritable racist xenophobic
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antipathetic averse chauvinistic communist conservative contemptuous illiberal individualistic inflexible irate jaundiced narrow narrow-minded obdurate one-sided outraged racialist small-minded snappy stuffy tilted uncharitable unfair unforbearing unindulgent unsympathetic unwilling upset waspish
Antonyms
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fair impartial
WEAK
patient tolerant unprejudiced

Example Sentences

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On Saturday, Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu pushed back in a post on X, saying that characterizing Nigeria “as religiously intolerant does not reflect our national reality.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

"The characterisation of Nigeria as religiously intolerant does not reflect our national reality," Tinubu said on social media Saturday.

From Barron's • Nov. 2, 2025

As someone who’s vehemently lactose intolerant, I was pleased — no, elated — to see that Luckin offers not one, but three different options for non-dairy milk: Coconut, Oat and Almond.

From Salon • Jul. 27, 2025

Amazon's head of devices and services Panos Panay said Alexa+ would remember information, meaning if you tell it you're a gluten intolerant vegan, for example, future recipes it suggested would bear this in mind.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2025

Dad relaxes, and when our waitress comes over to take our order, he asks for two baskets of breadsticks for the table even though he can’t eat them since he’s lactose intolerant.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison