zero tolerance



zero tolerance

absolutely no toleration of even the smallest infraction of a rule. Because of the zero tolerance rule, the kindergartner was expelled from school because his mother accidentally left a table knife in his lunch box.
See also: zero

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Tamikatə-MEE-kəEnglish
Stanislavstah-nee-SLAHF (Russian)Czech, Slovak, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Medieval Slavic
Genevajə-NEE-vəEnglish
DarianDER-ee-ən, DAR-ee-ənEnglish
Meirit-Hebrew
Waldemarvahl-DE-mahr (German, Polish)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish