zero tolerance

Related to zero tolerance: Zero tolerance policy

zero tolerance

A policy or attitude of accepting absolutely none of some kind of behavior or activity. A reference to laws or legal policies that impose severe penalties for even the most minor infractions. Can be hyphenated if used before a noun as a modifier. Our dad has always had zero tolerance for us skipping our chores or homework. The boss is implementing a zero-tolerance policy for anyone caught taking office supplies home with them.
See also: zero
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

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
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • sentence (one) to (something)
  • sentence to
  • be on the take
  • own man
  • own woman
  • (one's) own man/woman/person
  • eat out of (one's) hand
  • eat out of hand
  • eat out of someone's hand
  • cash only
References in periodicals archive
[section] 3313.534 (1998) provides that all boards of education within the state must adopt policies of zero tolerance for "violent, disruptive, or inappropriate behavior." A junior high student who wrote an entry in his journal about killing people who lie to him was adjudicated delinquent for "menacing" when his teacher took the journal entry as a threat to her safety.
"The zero tolerance policy actually made things worse for students," she said.
The 0452CF is a collaboration between Zero Tolerance and Dmitry Sinkevich, a Belarusian knifemaker who has been making international waves for several years now.
A study of zero tolerance policies in schools: A multi-integrated systems approach to improve outcomes for adolescents.
" We are helping Prime Minister, who is for zero tolerance to corruption.
(4) Zero tolerance policies (5) were adopted in these schools and around
The UK limit is currently 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood - in contrast to countries such as Sweden and Poland who have a limit of 20mg/100ml blood - effectively zero tolerance.
A HEALTH board says it is taking a "zero tolerance" approach to violent and aggressive behaviour following a patient's attack on a nurse.
Lord Coe said that he was disappointed when the BOA's lifetime ban for athletes found guilty of doping was overturned in court in May, and that he will seek to enforce a zero tolerance approach.
Previously, the standard was zero tolerance, meaning that any beef, domestic or imported, in which ractopamine was detected was banned from sale.
This legislation, which adopts a "zero tolerance" policy toward underage drinking and driving, is the subject of this paper.
WE agree with Rex Darlo from Stockton (13.04.10) who said that a zero tolerance approach would help to stop criminals in their tracks.
DeMitchell, Zero Tolerance and the Paradox of Fairness." Viewpoints From the Classroom, 36 J.L.
"High-stakes testing and the pressure placed by tests creates the incentives to push out low-performing students, and zero tolerance is the way to do that," says Jim Freeman, staff attorney and director of Ending the Schoolhouse to Jailhouse Track initiative with the Advancement Project.
The new Joint Commission policy is a good start but it needs to be followed up at the institutional level with strong communication that there is ZERO tolerance for these behaviors, and strong actions when they occur.