Term: 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
Candidate hypernym: law: a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature → 1
Candidate hypernym: factor: any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together → 0
Candidate hypernym: expedient: a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one → 0
Candidate hypernym: neurasthenic: a person suffering a nervous breakdown → 0
Candidate hypernym: stink bomb: a small bomb designed to give off a foul odor when it explodes → 0
Candidate hypernym: ciliary artery: one of several arteries supplying the choroid coat of the eye → 0
Candidate hypernym: cavalryman: a soldier in a motorized army unit → 0
Candidate hypernym: relation: an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together → 0
Candidate hypernym: plug: an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection → 0
Candidate hypernym: tapioca pudding: sweet pudding thickened with tapioca → 0
Candidate hypernym: power shovel: a machine for excavating → 0