LEAST RESISTANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does least resistance mean? 

• LEAST RESISTANCE (noun)
  The noun LEAST RESISTANCE has 1 sense:

1. the least effortful way to do something

  Familiarity information: LEAST RESISTANCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEAST RESISTANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The least effortful way to do something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

least effort; least resistance

Hypernyms ("least resistance" is a kind of...):

effort; elbow grease; exertion; sweat; travail (use of physical or mental energy; hard work)

 Context examples 

All day I turned these facts over in my mind, endeavouring to hit upon some theory which could reconcile them all, and to find that line of least resistance which my poor friend had declared to be the starting-point of every investigation.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Moreover, these are only to prevent her coming out; they may not prevail on her wanting to get in; for then the Un-Dead is desperate, and must find the line of least resistance, whatsoever it may be.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)