High-maintenance
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: High-maintenance is an adjective meaning (of a system) Requiring a high degree of maintenance to ensure proper functioning, and without which it is likely to break down.
Meaning
(of a system) Requiring a high degree of maintenance to ensure proper functioning, and without which it is likely to break down.
More Meanings
- (figuratively, derogatory, of a person) Requiring a lot of attention or reassurance; emotionally needy
Example Sentences
There are two kinds of women: high maintenance and low maintenance.
He has this incredibly high-maintenance girlfriend; if he doesn't tell her that he loves her every five minutes, she tends to break down into hysterical depressive weepy fits.
Antonyms for high-maintenance
Common opposites include low-maintenance.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include expensive, overdesigned, intensive, exacting, hard, big-ticket.
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