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hypertolerant

hypertolerant adjective: unusually tolerant of environmental trace elements.

Adjective

hypertolerant (not comparable)

  1. (usually) Unusually tolerant of environmental trace elements.
    • Brownfields may sometimes be inadvertent laboratories in which hypertolerant varieties can be studied.
    • CONCLUSION. Aspergillus sp. have tremendous potential as bioremediation tool. Different studies indicate that they possess some evolutionary mechanisms to combat toxic situation. Additionally, the existence of hypertolerant strains makes them an automatic choice in the environmental cleaning...2016, “Chapter 15: Role of Aspergillus in bioremediation process”, in Vijai Kumar Gupta, editor, New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Aspergillus System...
  2. (uncommonly) Excessively tolerant of others' misbehavior.
    • Near-synonyms: hyperpatient, overpatient; lenient, permissive; lax
    • Patience is a virtue, but those who are overpatient or hypertolerant risk inviting abusers to treat them like a doormat.

Examples of hypertolerant in a sentence

  • Additionally, the existence of hypertolerant strains makes them an automatic choice in the environmental cleaning process.2016, “Chapter 15: Role of Aspergillus in bioremediation process”, in Vijai Kumar Gupta, editor, New and Future Developments in Microbial...
  • He needs a woman who is hyperpatient or hypertolerant and who is willing to forego normalcy for him.2011, Sandra L. Brown, How to Spot a Dangerous Man Before You Get Involved: Describes 8 Types of Dangerous Men, Gives Defense Strategies...

Synonyms of hypertolerant

Origin of hypertolerant

From hyper- + tolerant.

Questions about hypertolerant

What does hypertolerant mean?
Hypertolerant means unusually tolerant of environmental trace elements.
How do you use hypertolerant in a sentence?
Additionally, the existence of hypertolerant strains makes them an automatic choice in the environmental cleaning process.
What part of speech is hypertolerant?
Hypertolerant is an adjective.

Words near hypertolerant in the dictionary

  1. hyperthyroxinemias
  2. hyperthyroxinemic
  3. hypertime
  4. hypertimes
  5. hypertolerance
  6. hypertolerant
  7. hypertonia
  8. hypertonias
  9. hypertonic
  10. hypertonically
  11. hypertonicities

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