Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

low-hanging fruit

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.20 in modern English

Syllables: low-hang-ing fruit
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Easily obtained gains; what can be obtained by readily available means.

Example Sentences

"Low-hanging fruits are those actions that garner early agreement and that are obtainable in the short run."
"the low-hanging fruit are picked first"
"But, Florida aside, the low-hanging fruit is not in Dixie."
"But, we want to identify, the low-hanging fruit that we can harvest this year."
"Meanwhile, it is nearly a year and a half since the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) came up with a lower-cost plan to electrify key freight routes, with added benefits for passenger services. The link to London Gateway could be wired for £8 million, which it called the "the lowest of low-hanging fruit"."
"For Tram Trains for Edinburgh Secretary Mark Boggis, the South Sub [South Suburban Railway] is "low-hanging fruit" which could be developed "relatively quickly"."

Inflected Forms

low-hanging fruits (plural) low hanging fruit (alternative)

Phrases

easy money easy pickings like a ripe plum

Frequently Paired Words

easy money easy pickings like a ripe plum

Antonyms

high-hanging fruit

Questions

What does low-hanging fruit mean?: Easily obtained gains; what can be obtained by readily available means.

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