lowest common denominator

noun

Definition of lowest common denominator

1 : least common denominator

2 : something of small intellectual content designed to appeal to a lowbrow audience also : such an audience

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Where to Eat The usual challenge of dining around Times Square — how to find a restaurant that’s not aimed at the lowest common denominator? — New York Times, "A Broadway Marathon Survival Guide," 13 June 2018 Affordable to most, a burger and fries spiked with ketchup was a democratic, delicious lowest common denominator meal. — Amy Bentley, Smithsonian, "How Ketchup Revolutionized How Food Is Grown, Processed and Regulated," 4 June 2018 Father and son both dislike the lowest common denominator of … anything, including beer. — Lauren Delgado, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Orange Blossom Pilsner gets Inoculated in father, son collaboration," 13 June 2018 And then, there’s the opposing view, that Fall Out Boy’s music is the lowest common denominator of rock music, close enough to pop and EDM to chart in the Top 40, yet too toothless to have any real identity. — Maeve Mcdermott, USA TODAY, "Review: Fall Out Boy's 'Mania' is an unholy mess," 19 Jan. 2018

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lowest common denominator

noun

English Language Learners Definition of lowest common denominator

mathematics : the smallest number that can be divided exactly by all the numbers below the lines in a group of two or more fractions

disapproving —used to say that the quality of something is poor because it is designed or intended to appeal to the largest possible number of people

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lowest common denominator

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: least common denominator

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