high-maintenance

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Adjective 1.1.1 Usage notes 1.1.2 Antonyms 1.1.3 Synonyms 1.2 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Adjective

high-maintenance (comparative more high-maintenance, superlative most high-maintenance)

1. Describes a system which requires a high degree of maintenance to ensure proper functioning and without which it is likely to break down.
2. (figuratively, of a person) Who requires a lot of attention.

   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.

[edit] Usage notes

• According to the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, "high-maintenance" was popularized by When Harry Met Sally..., an American film released in 1989.

[edit] Antonyms

• low-maintenance

[edit] Synonyms

• figurative: expensive

[edit] See also

• brittle
• finicky
• temperamental