Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun law_of_diminishing_returns

1 sense of law of diminishing returns

Sense 1
law of diminishing returns -- (a law affirming that to continue after a certain level of performance has been reached will result in a decline in effectiveness)
       => law, law of nature -- (a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; "the laws of thermodynamics")