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Requiring a high degree of maintenance to ensure proper functioning, and without which…Requiring a high degree of maintenance to ensure proper functioning, and without which it is likely to break down.

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Requiring a high degree of maintenance to ensure proper functioning, and without which it is likely to break down.
тре́бующий постоя́нного ухо́даtrébujuščij postojánnovo uxóda
(зневажливе, переносно)Requiring a lot of attention or reassurance; emotionally needy
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.

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requiring a high degree of maintenance to ensure proper functioning, and without which it is likely to break down:

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According to the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, the figurative sens

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

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