Meaning of high-maintenance | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Requiring a high degree of maintenance to ensure proper functioning, and without which it is likely to break down.
2. Requiring a lot of attention or reassurance; emotionally needy
   derogatory, figuratively

Examples

“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.”

“There are two kinds of women: high maintenance and low maintenance.”

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