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low-maintenance

needing little care or effort

Needing little time, attention, or effort to keep working well or looking good.

B2 common speech & writing

expression

Hear it in real life

Why did you buy that model?

It is low-maintenance and does not need much cleaning.

Play the conversation

We chose a low-maintenance plant for the office because nobody remembers to water it.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: This car needs low maintenance.

Say: This car is low-maintenance.

Use "low-maintenance" to describe something that needs little care.

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How it fits in a sentence.

a low-maintenance printer; be low-maintenance; keep something low-maintenance

Your turn: say it out loud

We chose a low-maintenance plant for the office because nobody remembers to water it.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

low-maintenance

needing little care or effort

“We chose a low-maintenance plant for the office because nobody remembers to water it.”

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