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high-hanging fruit

high-hanging fruit noun: fruit that, because of its height from the ground, is more difficult to harvest.

Noun

high-hanging fruit (uncountable)

  1. (literally) Fruit that, because of its height from the ground, is more difficult to harvest.
  2. (figuratively) Anything that is difficult to achieve, and which is postponed while simpler alternatives are still available.
    • The smaller research-based centers will tackle the much more difficult to express, high-hanging fruit, in particular, represented by membrane and posttransationally modified proteins.2007 Ricardo Cavicchioli - Archaea: Molecular and Cellular Biology - Page 455

Antonyms of high-hanging fruit

Questions about high-hanging fruit

What does high-hanging fruit mean?
High-hanging fruit means fruit that, because of its height from the ground, is more difficult to harvest.
What part of speech is high-hanging fruit?
High-hanging fruit is a noun.

Words near high-hanging fruit in the dictionary

  1. high-grown
  2. high-growth
  3. high-handed
  4. high-handedly
  5. high-handedness
  6. high-hanging fruit
  7. high-hat
  8. high-hats
  9. high-hatted
  10. high-hatting
  11. high-hearted

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