tolerable

Under the existing quota model, private prisons are driven to fill as many beds with detainees as possible — there's hardly any financial incentive to make the quality of their stay more tolerable.

The world’s Colin Robinsons are unavoidable because they are tolerable, enabling them to strike at any moment.

Lois is a walking TV trope made tolerable solely by the muscle and sinew of Nash-Betts’ performance: another gifted detective who has seen too much and self-medicates with gallons of vodka.

“There was no moaning about it at all, and he just got on with making life as tolerable as possible, as a professional survivor.”

The big unanswered questions are could the same effect be achieved in people, and whether any side effects would be tolerable.