The group having such taste, sensibility, or opinion: “The press can resist the standard of the lowest common denominator, the rationalization that all news is fit to print that has appeared anywhere else” (Edward M. Kennedy)
disapproval If you say that something is designed to appeal to the lowest common denominator, you are critical of it because it is designed to be liked by the majority of people. Tabloid newspapers pander to the lowest common denominator
In mathematics, the lowest common denominator is the smallest number that all the numbers on the bottom of a particular group of fractions can be divided into
disapproval If you describe a plan or policy as the lowest common denominator, you are critical of it because it has been deliberately made too simple so that nobody will disagree. Although the plan received unanimous approval, this does not mean that it represents the lowest common denominator
lowest common denominator least common denominator
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lowest com·mon de·no·mi·na·tor least com·mon de·no·mi·na·tor