Maintainability — Definition & Meaning

What does maintainability mean?

noun

The state of being easy to maintain or keep in a good condition. The quality of being easy to modify or extend without causing unintended side effects.

Example

"The team focused on improving the maintainability of the codebase to make future updates easier."

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Words that share this root

maintain maintenance maintainer maintainable

What's another word for maintainability?

sustainability upkeep preservation conservation repairability fixability

What's the opposite of maintainability?

unmaintainability fragility instability

Rhymes with maintainability

sustainability maintain retain strain