quality fade

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A gradual, deliberate reduction in the quality of manufactured goods in order to increase profit margins. uncountable
    — 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.

词源

Coined by Paul Midler, author of Poorly Made in China (2009).
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