While a quantitative approach may be useful in certain situations, I think this case necessitates a qualitative analysis.
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Qualitative
//ˈkwɒl.ɪ.tə.tɪv//
Synonyms for "qualitative" (3 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
Related words (1)
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1 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
11 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
57 translations across 32 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- kwalitatief adj (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
- kwalitatief adj ((chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound)
Armenian
1 entries- որակական adj (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
Belarusian
1 entries- я́касны adj (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
Bulgarian
2 entries- ка́чествен adj (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
- качествен adj ((chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound)
Catalan
2 entries- qualitatiu adj (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
- qualitatiu adj ((chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 定性的 adj ((chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound)
- 性質的 /性质的 adj (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
- 質的 /质的 adj (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
Czech
2 entries- kvalitativní adj (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
- kvalitativní adj ((chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound)
Danish
1 entries- kvalitativ adj (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
Dutch
1 entries- kwalitatief adj (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
Esperanto
1 entries- kvalita adj (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
Estonian
1 entries- kvalitatiivne adj (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
Finnish
2 entries- kvalitatiivinen adj ((chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound)
- laadullinen adj (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
French
2 entries- qualitatif adj (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
- qualitatif adj ((chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound)
Galician
1 entries- cualitativo adj (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
Georgian
3 entries- თვისობრივი adj (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
- კვალიტატიური adj (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
- ხარისხობრივი adj (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
German
2 entries- qualitativ adj (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
- qualitativ adj ((chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound)
Greek
1 entries- ποιοτικός adj (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
Icelandic
1 entries- eigindlegur adj (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
Ido
1 entries- qualesala adj (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
Italian
2 entries- qualitativo adj (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
- qualitativo adj ((chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kokybinis adj (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- kvalitativ adj (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
- kvalitativ adj ((chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- kvalitativ adj (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
- kvalitativ adj ((chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound)
Polish
2 entries- jakościowy adj (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
- jakościowy adj ((chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound)
Portuguese
2 entries- qualitativo adj (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
- qualitativo adj ((chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound)
Romanian
2 entries- calitativ adj (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
- calitativ adj ((chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound)
Russian
2 entries- ка́чественный adj (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
- ка́чественный adj ((chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound)
Spanish
2 entries- cualitativo adj (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
- cualitativo adj ((chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound)
Swedish
3 entries- kvalitativ adj (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
- kvalitativ adj ((chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound)
- kvalitativt adj ((chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound)
Turkish
2 entries- kalitatif adj (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
- nitel adj (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
Ukrainian
1 entries- я́кісний adj (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
Vietnamese
4 entries- chất adj (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
- phẩm chất adj (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
- tính chất adj (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
- định tính adj ((chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Indices for the economy are quantitative measures and don't account for qualitative aspects of lifestyle. The indices are from a Western perspective.
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In science, one cannot cheat on quantitative or qualitative data, or outright lie about information, unlike science fiction, which likes to play with hypotheticals for not just entertainment.
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The qualitative advantage of the second solution was eyecatching. Because of this, the client chose this variation of the project.
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