lowest common denominator
noun
2
: something of small intellectual content designed to appeal to a lowbrow audience
also
: such an audience
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This forces advanced systems to communicate with less secure ones, inevitably negotiating security down to the lowest common denominator and leaving the ecosystem vulnerable at its weakest link.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
The result is gridlock: reforms are watered down or delayed, and the needs of major conferences are subordinated to the lowest common denominator.
—Jim Martin, Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2025
Since then, the lyricist, like the journalist, is fighting for their life against the lowest common denominator spectacle.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2025
Society’s lowest common denominator should never have a say into anyone living their authentic, unapologetic life.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
The result is gridlock: reforms are watered down or delayed, and the needs of major conferences are subordinated to the lowest common denominator.
—Jim Martin, Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2025
Since then, the lyricist, like the journalist, is fighting for their life against the lowest common denominator spectacle.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2025
Society’s lowest common denominator should never have a say into anyone living their authentic, unapologetic life.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for lowest common denominator
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“Lowest common denominator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lowest%20common%20denominator. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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