LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR


Meaning of LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR in English

noun

1. : the lowest common multiple of two or more denominators

2. : something (as a quality or level of taste) that typifies or is common, acceptable, or comprehensible to all or the greatest possible number of individuals

the committee system … reduces all ideas to the lowest common denominator — M.W.Straight

broadcasting … falls into the error of producing programs at the lowest common denominator — Franklin Dunham

living together in boredom, men exhibit their lowest common denominator — Clement Greenberg

the quest by … the movies and radio for lowest common denominators — John Collier b. 1884

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