English

Adjective
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. figurative 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.

Antonyms
low-maintenance

Synonyms
figurative: expensive

See also
brittle
finicky
temperamental

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