low-hanging

ADJECTIVE

low

Synonyms

STRONGEST

below depressed flat little small

STRONG

bottom crouched deep inferior junior level lowering minor prostrate shallow squat stunted subsided sunken

WEAK

beneath bottommost decumbent ground-level lesser low-lying low-set nether not high profound rock-bottom squatty subjacent under unelevated

Antonyms

STRONGEST

big enormous huge immense important large raised

WEAK

above cheerful decent elevated gay happy healthy high honest honorable increased moral prominent respectable rich strong tall upright well

ADJECTIVE

plunging

Synonyms

STRONG

deep-cut décolleté low-cut low-neck low-necked revealing

WEAK

shocking

Example Sentences

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Its customers are low-hanging fruit that many larger software firms may not target.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

“It is essential to get at least three in-person quotes, rather than relying on online estimates, as a walk-through allows movers to identify complications like narrow stairways or low-hanging branches in advance,” Sartore-Bodo says.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 23, 2026

John Oates, known as Harry, was jogging along a public footpath in Cumbria when he came into contact with a low-hanging live cable.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026

Tom Loftus: That’s kind of a low-hanging fruit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

I push aside low-hanging branches, step on weeds, grass, slips of bark.

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

low-hanging

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