Definition of "least resistance" [least resistance]

• The least effortful way to do something (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "This line of least resistance is determined by the organic nervous constitution and by certain life-experiences or habit-formation factors."
• "I was in a ballsy mood, and instead of taking the documented and cairned route of least resistance on the traverse, I made up my own variation of adventure along which I found myself covering a considerable stretch of ground on the north side of the summit-to-summit ridge."
• "Strategy for narrowing gaps change agent contactformative researchtrickle-downStrategy of least resistance"