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Meanings of least effort in English

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esforç mínim

The least effortful way to do something.

esforç mínim
Synonyms
Examples for "least resistance"
Examples for "least resistance"
1
Britain's political elite must, like water, follow the path of least resistance.
The Guardian
2
I followed the path of least resistance, and I saw your fire.
Swan Song
3
The latter was in no condition to make even the least resistance.
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 0...
4
Leaning also toward the path of least resistance and of hard-to-change habit.
Dayworld
5
A player, a man who always followed the path of least resistance.
The preacher
Usage of least effort in English
1
She made not the least reply, not the least effort to extricate herself.
The Mettle of the Pasture
2
He made no single team-putforth not the least effort to make one.
On the Stairs
3
Without making the least effort to do so, Ishmael won his entire confidence.
Self-Raised; Or, From the Depths
4
We need to work out what kills most for least effort.
Anvil Gate
5
Without the least effort she found herself in the saddle.
Nature's Serial Story
6
I could make any number of them with a pattern, without the least effort.
A Cathedral Courtship
7
They marched easily, with the stride that could carry them furthest with the least effort.
A Minstrel in France
8
He had often wondered how she could resist; but she had resisted without the least effort.
The Choir Invisible
9
She tired easily, and her left shoulder was tight and hurt at the very least effort.
The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
10
He whom I love, and who venerates me, made not the least effort to defend me.
Barks and Purrs
11
Why, it was not the least effort.
The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 4
12
Consequently without having made the least effort to do so, he exercised an autocratic power among them.
Adèle Dubois / A Story of the Lovely Miramichi Valley in New Bru...
13
The least effort produced some horrible sensation.
The Divine Fire
14
It was impossible to fold it, as the least effort to bend the sheet broke it in two.
Chatterbox, 1905.
15
That which can be digested and assimilated with the least effort on the part of the digestive organs.
Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties / With Fifty Illust...
16
She had repeated this sentence so often to herself that it came out now without the least effort.
A Pair of Clogs
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Translations for least effort
Least effort through the time
Least effort across language varieties
United Kingdom
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