Define High-maintenance Meaning

High-maintenance
1. Require (ing) a lot of work/attention to maintain.

2. Require (ing) a lot of money or attention to appearance.

3. Require (ing) a high emotional investment or en excessive amount of money.

EXAMPLES OF HIGH-MAINTENANCE BEHAVIOR:
-Having frequent professional cosmetic consultations, such as hair-dressing, manicures and pedicures
-Excessive worthless spending (tricking)
-Attention craving
-Being too delicate or suavé

NOTE: high-maintenance is primarily used to refer to attractive straight women or a person/people that's stuck on self.
By Rae
High Maintenance
Requiring a lot of attention. When describing a person, high-maintenance usually means that the individual is emotionally needy or prone to over-dramatizing a situation to gain attention

Although he was a nice boy, his low self-esteem made him high-maintenance.
By Lexis
High Maintenence
1.A female that requires more than average hair/nail/pedicuire/skin care services, the latest trends, name brand clothes/shoes and handbags, and lots of attention.

2.A female who requires her man to have an expensive car, expensive house, a good paying job, and lots of money.

1.She go to the hair salon 4 times a week.She is a high maintenence person.

2.Jasmine put James in the poor house. She is a high maintenence broad.
By Hertha
High Maintenance
A person who has expensive taste (re. clothing, restaurants, etc.).
This person is never comfortable because he/she is constantly concerned about his/her appearance.
This person feels they are better than most people and usually judge others based on outward appearances.

I am not high maintenance
By Lorain
High Maintenance
1. Requiring much time and many products to keep their appearance at the current level. 2. And/or requiring much attention from others in relationships, romantic or otherwise.

1. I know I'm high maintenance, said the beauty queen.
2. Anne was a high maintenance employee, with her nearly daily requests for time-off or time-shifting.
By Annis
High Maintenance
having expensive taste and multiple costly needs frequently.

The teenage girl had to have the expensive, name-brand shoes instead of the cheaper ones that were just as good.
By Bird
High Maintenance

She's so high maintenance, I can't stand being around her anymore.
By Dulsea
High Maintenance
Often a divorced woman with a fake tan, big processed hair (usually blonde) and lots of bling. Very insecure about her looks and requires constant reassurance of her physical beauty. Spends lots of time and money on clothes, shoes, accessories, hair, makeup and beauty treatments. Needs expensive homes, cars, clothes and vacations. Never pays for anything when in the presence of men.

Her trips to the manacurist every other week proved she was high maintenance.
By Andriana
High Maintenance
a girl who expects a lot.

most Sarahs are high maintenance
By Danni
High Maintenance
madison: some girl that is very attention seeking, and always wanting you to tell her she is beautiful.

George has a high maintenance friennd.
By Rubie