variants or less commonly high quality
higher-quality also higher quality; highest-quality also highest quality
: very good of its kind : being of high quality
a very high-quality product
uses high-quality materials/ingredients
received a high-quality education
When people do need health services, those services must be accessible, affordable and high-quality.—Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
The best noise-canceling headphones deliver high-quality sound and filter out all the external noise and distractions.—Jeffrey Harper
You will be able to remain calm under pressure and produce consistently high quality work.—paralleldesk.com

Examples of high-quality in a Sentence

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The candidate also stressed cost efficiency and collaborations with other UN agencies in implementing the organization's mandate of providing regular access to enough high-quality food and ending hunger and malnutrition. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026 Critics of the overhaul say the new policies will alter the mission of the anti-poverty, early learning program to provide high-quality services that prepare young children for school. — Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 Both companies produce high-quality running shoes at reasonable prices. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026 Any groups working on those assessment reports will then be able to lean on the US Climate Collection in the absence of a high-quality US National Climate Assessment. — Scott K. Johnson, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for high-quality

Word History

First Known Use

1881, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of high-quality was in 1881

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“High-quality.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-quality. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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