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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Committees make decisions through compromise, which risks appealing to the lowest common denominator.
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Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2024
The regular Quest headset is essentially the lowest common denominator—or the minimum viable product—to keep the cost down.
—Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 6 June 2023
The attempt at bipartisanship and gender equity was not lost on me, but the use of age as the lowest common denominator of those who support reproductive rights and fair immigration laws and those who seek to annihilate such measures struck me as inappropriately reductive.
—The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
And so, with the new NBA season finally upon us, here is a preview of the lowest common denominator beefs that will be sure to dominate coverage this year.
—Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2023
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Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2024
The regular Quest headset is essentially the lowest common denominator—or the minimum viable product—to keep the cost down.
—Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 6 June 2023
The attempt at bipartisanship and gender equity was not lost on me, but the use of age as the lowest common denominator of those who support reproductive rights and fair immigration laws and those who seek to annihilate such measures struck me as inappropriately reductive.
—The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
And so, with the new NBA season finally upon us, here is a preview of the lowest common denominator beefs that will be sure to dominate coverage this year.
—Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2023
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“Lowest common denominator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lowest%20common%20denominator. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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