quality fade
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.84 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A gradual, deliberate reduction in the quality of manufactured goods in order to increase profit margins.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Chinese factories often engaged in this sort of quality fade—the incremental degradation of a product over time. They quietly reduced the amount of materials or else manipulated the quality of raw inputs."
- "In this paper, quality fade, an element of supply chain vulnerability, is defined as the unforeseen deterioration of agreed to or expected quality levels with respect to product and/or service requirements. The use of outcome‐based, behavior‐based, or mix contracts can be used to reduce the likelihood of quality fade and illustrate preferred scenarios for buyer and suppliers."
- "The lack of a defined standard is concerning for quality fade—the phenomenon whereby manufacturers deliberately but surreptitiously reduce material quality to widen profit margins."