Used in a Sentence

tolerated

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for tolerated.

Editorial note

People 50 years ago opposed homosexuality, and 350 years ago any religion outside of Catholicism was not tolerated.

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Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

permitted

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of tolerated gathered in one view.

adjective

permitted

adjective

endured

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for tolerated.

adjective

permitted

adjective

endured

Example sentences

1

People 50 years ago opposed homosexuality, and 350 years ago any religion outside of Catholicism was not tolerated.

2

He is also a raging singularity of abuse who gets tolerated for it because he is extremely talented.

3

That sort of bullshit cannot be tolerated, and gives America a bad name for no good reason.

4

The DA’s argument is that fraud was standard operating procedure at Abacus, that it was taught there, not just tolerated.

5

Most of the reddit history tolerated even most ugliest form of sickness and suddenly they want to clean it up?

6

Most people who say these things heard it from someone else, because the actual story is that he was barely tolerated.

7

Hate speech is not tolerated here, and most Canadians are in agreement with this.

8

They'll never change and the fact that neonazis are even tolerated there is disgusting.

9

Why should I invest time in a community if only certain thoughts are tolerated by that community?

10

I think the bulk of the community would have tolerated reasonable efforts at monetization, but Dice went way beyond reasonable.

11

Spam is strictly prohibited, while hate-speech is tolerated, unless inciting.

12

But it's too vague on what is still allowed when you disable what you can, and even opt-out there are certain things that should not be tolerated.

Quote examples

1

It was generally understood that graveyard shift guys got a little more slack about being late now and then, but calling in "sick" for a whole shift was not tolerated.

2

It has nothing to do with free speech and it seems one sided right, when it applies to Christian's hate towards everybody, yet not tolerated, rightly, when it's "Muslim" extremist.

3

/s "The DA’s argument is that fraud was standard operating procedure at Abacus, that it was taught there, not just tolerated." Of course that was the DA's argument.

4

It's like flikr with no ads, only your own stuff on the pages, super customizable (with a power account - $60 a year)" Unlimited storage at a flat rate can only end two ways: 1) Out of business 2) User hostile behavior where only light usage is tolerated That's it.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use tolerated in a sentence?

People 50 years ago opposed homosexuality, and 350 years ago any religion outside of Catholicism was not tolerated.

What does tolerated mean?

permitted

What part of speech is tolerated?

tolerated is commonly used as adjective.