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- adj. Describes a system which requires a high degree of maintenance to ensure proper functioning and without which it is likely to break down.
- adj. figuratively, pejorative, of a person requiring a lot of attention or reassurance; emotionally needy
Examples
“But, I gambled on high-maintenance managers like Rhee and Klein, who want to impose their high-pressure system on everyone.”
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“Sweeping stereotypes are horrible -- I hate being seen as a high-maintenance gold-digger living off my ex's hard-earned money just because I'm a divorced blonde.”
“Italian greyhound: Essentially a miniature greyhound, this dog is prancing and you can just see how high-maintenance he is.”
“They will probably pick off only the worried well who are Web-savvy, have a wealth of connections in their field and are wedded to a high-maintenance lifestyle.”
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“After decades of high-maintenance manicures and the notion of empowerment-through-hotness, it's a revelation to find so many female leads who wouldn't look out of place examining turnips in Morrisons.”
“Dirt roads can be as high-maintenance as some of the residents who covet them.”
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“Sure, MLPs are high-maintenance, but for many investors they are worth the bother.”
“So while I am giving up 4% of my pay this year to help bridge the budget gap, Mayor McChowderhead is giving raises to his gaggle of no-experience, high-maintenance skoolkid Slackers?”
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“But he was young, a little immature, high-maintenance.”
“Phew, because, read another way, their remarks could be seen as an indictment of the Jewish woman nobody likes: the whiny, spoiled, entitled, high-maintenance, overly-dependent-on-her-parents Jewish American Princess, or "JAP.”
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