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
Irakli-Georgian
Frey[frei]
Deshaun-African American
Gamal-Arabic
Kahurangi-Maori
KonstantinKAWN-stahn-teen (German), kahn-stahn-TEEN (Russian)German, Hungarian, Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian