LEAST EFFORT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does least effort mean? 

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

1. the least effortful way to do something

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEAST EFFORT (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 effort" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

Their methods are as reasonable as to try to pour some precious stuff from the spring to the reservoir through a non-conducting pipe, which could by the least effort be opened.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)