quality of life

plural qualities of life

1. countableuncountableThe general well-being of someone, and the degree to which someone's daily experience is enjoyable or unenjoyable.

   health-related quality of life

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   And almost anyone can have quality of life destroyed by pain.

   1997, Myles I. Friedman, Improving the Quality of Life: A Holistic Scientific Strategy, page 85

   At the Liouguei Reconstruction centre, the guiding philosophy was helping people regain quality of life in ways that reconciled reconstruction activities with the maintenance of social and cultural traditions, both community and school-based.

   2016, Helen James, Douglas Paton, editors, The Consequences of Disasters: Demographic, Planning, and Policy Implications, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 69

   1. attributivecountableuncountableusuallygovernmentConcerning prevailing conditions in public, such as cleanliness, safety, and the pleasantness of the surroundings or lack thereof.

      quality-of-life offenses such as graffiti writing, loitering, public urination, public drinking, aggressive panhandling, and turnstile jumping

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      In July 1994, New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani and police commissioner William Bratton began implementing an order-maintenance policing strategy emphasizing proactive and aggressive enforcement of misdemeanor laws against quality-of-life offenses such as graffiti writing, loitering, public urination, public drinking, aggressive panhandling, turnstile jumping, and prostitution.

      2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, Illusion of Order

2. countableuncountablecomputingFeatures or improvements designed to make software easier to use without changing the main functionality.