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low-maintenance

low-maintenance adjective: retaining proper functionality over long periods of time with little or no maintenance.

Adjective

low-maintenance

  1. Retaining proper functionality over long periods of time with little or no maintenance.
  2. (figuratively) Of a person: self-sufficient and not requiring much attention.

Antonyms of low-maintenance

Origin of low-maintenance

According to the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, the figurative sense was popularized by the 1989 romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally....

Questions about low-maintenance

What does low-maintenance mean?
Low-maintenance means retaining proper functionality over long periods of time with little or no maintenance.
What part of speech is low-maintenance?
Low-maintenance is an adjective.

Words near low-maintenance in the dictionary

  1. low-lifes
  2. low-lives
  3. low-loader
  4. low-loaders
  5. low-lying
  6. low-maintenance
  7. low-masking
  8. low-melting
  9. low-minded
  10. low-mindedly
  11. low-mindedness

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