Antonyms for quality

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kwol-i-tee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwɒl ɪ ti

Definition of quality

Origin : c.1300, "temperament, character, disposition," from Old French qualite "quality, nature, characteristic" (12c., Modern French qualité), from Latin qualitatem (nominative qualitas) "a quality, property; nature, state, condition" (said [Tucker, etc.] to have been coined by Cicero to translate Greek poiotes), from qualis "what kind of a," from PIE pronomial base *kwo- (see who).
Meaning "degree of goodness" is late 14c. Meaning "social rank, position" is c.1400. Noun phrase quality time first recorded 1977. Quality of life is from 1943. Quality control first attested 1935.

noun characteristic, feature
noun value, status

Example sentences :

Their names often signified some quality of a horse; as Leucippus, a white horse, &c.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

Having never tasted it, I can bear no testimony to its quality.
Extract from : « The Hall of Fantasy (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

My conception of the love of God lacked just that quality—intensity.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

This says nothing of the quality of my work, which, humble as it may be, is simply the best I know how to do.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

How can the quality of eggs be determined: (a) in the market?
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

The quality of sincerity in Dick's voice was more convincing than any vow might have been.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

How may the kind and quality of flour be judged in purchasing it?
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 1 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

So it is with war, and the quality of both is best discovered by sipping.
Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill

Power of sustentation; the quality of sustaining a weight in the air.
Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell

It is the deficiency, and not the excess of this quality, that is to be feared.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

Synonyms for quality

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