Antonyms for quintessentialquin·tes·sen·tial

Princeton's WordNet

1. quintessentialadjective

   representing the perfect example of a class or quality

How to use quintessential in a sentence?

1. Jay Connaughton:

   We are shocked that Facebook would censor the king cake baby, one of the quintessential traditions of the Mardi Gras culture, obviously the folks at Facebook have never tasted the sweet deliciousness of a traditional or filled King Cake. If they had, they would understand the deep passion that runs in Louisiana for king cakes of all varieties, and the little babies that live inside them.

2. Yarrow Halpern:

   We need to do so much more to allow them to feel safe, they should be able to have the same quintessential middle and high school experience that other kids get.

3. Michelle Vo:

   I get that the old design is cool. It's kind of quintessential 1980s, and it's like an old friend we don't want to leave behind, but it's OK to have a new friend, too.

4. Jackie Speier:

   I have a very vivid recollection of that experience, it was the quintessential issue around womanhood.

5. Reilly Flaherty:

   I think what people are finding that this is a pretty humorous, quintessential New York story of this person who goes 50% with trying to have a nice deed but ends up coming off with an asterisk at the end.

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