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nouna policy of very strict, uncompromising enforcement of rules or laws. Words nearby zero tolerancezero-sum, zero-sum game, zeroth, zeroth law of thermodynamics, zero tillage, zero tolerance, zero vector, zero-zero, Zerubbabel, Zervanism, zest Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for zero toleranceBut think of corruption today and we would all accept nothing but a zero-tolerance policy. The Real Story and Lesson of the Abscam Sting in ‘American Hustle’|Jimmy So|December 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST “[Secretary of Defense Leon] Panetta has said that the military has a ‘zero-tolerance’ policy,” Tsongas said. Lackland Rape Scandal Shines Spotlight On Military Failure|Jesse Ellison|July 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST The consistent approach to Sinai has been from a security perspective—a zero-tolerance one. Egypt’s New Flash Point: Bedouins Take Over a Sinai Resort|Ursula Lindsey|January 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST Rupert Murdoch The 80-year-old head of News Corporation, said to be insisting on a "zero-tolerance" attitude to phone-hacking. Inside the Shadowy World of Phone-Hacking|William Coles|April 23, 2011|DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for zero tolerance
noun- the policy of applying laws or penalties to even minor infringements of a code in order to reinforce its overall importance
- (as modifier)a zero-tolerance policy on drugs
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