maintenance-free

[ meyn-tuh-nuhns-free ]

adjective

1. requiring little or no maintenance:

   a maintenance-free swimming pool.

Word History and Origins

Origin of maintenance-free¹

maintenance + -free

Example Sentences

Frey wrote in 1988 that he and Kocher “had been discussing the need for low-cost housing in those Depression years. We thought that a small, single-family house, using the new methods of prefabrication and maintenance-free materials, would be both popular with visitors to the Exposition and offer a solution for the housing shortage of the times.”

From Los Angeles Times

These days, this sound can be replicated by a digital recording played through loudspeakers but Mr Kerr argues that mechanical wailing sirens, which have been manufactured since at least 1905, are proven, reliable and nearly maintenance-free.

From BBC

Frey wrote in 1988 that he and Kocher “had been discussing the need for low-cost housing in those Depression years. We thought that a small, single-family house, using the new methods of prefabrication and maintenance-free materials, would be both popular with visitors to the Exposition and offer a solution for the housing shortage of the times.”

From Los Angeles Times

Although a well-designed and properly installed irrigation system should be relatively low maintenance, it is not maintenance-free.

From Seattle Times

"You might not even have the luxury of sending out a technician to replace a battery. Instead, our system is maintenance-free. It harvests energy and operates itself," Monagle adds.

From Science Daily