Synonyms for least resistance
least re·sis·tance

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1. least effort, least resistancenoun

   the least effortful way to do something

   Synonyms:
   least effort

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1. Irwin Michael:

   It's been a difficult week. The currencies, equities indices have been very volatile. So it's a bit of a sigh of relief. The path of least resistance is on the upside, there are a number of positive drivers. The Conservative majority victory in the UK ... On balance, nice recovery in the U.S. market. It gives people more confidence.

2. John Dewey:

   The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs. Self-conceit often regards it as a sign of weakness to admit that a belief to which we have once committed ourselves is wrong. We get so identified with an idea that it is literally a pet notion and we rise to its defense and stop our eyes and ears to anything different.

3. Irwin Michael:

   Right now people are taking maximum negativity and factoring that out into the marketplace, the path of least resistance is down.

4. Napolean Hill:

   The path of least resistance makes all rivers, and some men, crooked.

5. Allison LaPlante:

   Invasive species ruin aquatic communities and their ecosystems, the EPA appeared to the take the path of least resistance by adopting an existing international standard that is inadequate to prevent their colonization.