zero tolerance

noun

zero tolerance

1. the policy of applying laws or penalties to even minor infringements of a code in order to reinforce its overall importance
2. ( as modifier )
  a zero-tolerance policy on drugs

First recorded in 1935–40

For now, Rice is gone, and the NFL will point to its new zero-tolerance policy and shake its head sadly.

But think of corruption today and we would all accept nothing but a zero-tolerance policy.

“[Secretary of Defense Leon] Panetta has said that the military has a ‘zero-tolerance’ policy,” Tsongas said.

The consistent approach to Sinai has been from a security perspective—a zero-tolerance one.

Rupert Murdoch The 80-year-old head of News Corporation, said to be insisting on a "zero-tolerance" attitude to phone-hacking.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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