Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lowest common denominator

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables: low-est- -com-mon -de-nom-i-na-tor
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

23

Letters

10

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The smallest positive integer which is a multiple of every denominator of several fractions.

noun

The simplest or base shared interest or characteristic among a group or collection of people etc.

Example Sentences

"The lowest common denominator of ¹⁄₆ and ³⁄₁₀ is 30."
"Reality TV really is appealing to the lowest common denominator in audiences."
"These days, on platforms like X, slopulism is a pejorative label often applied to posts by politicians and pundits alike, anyone who shares out lowest-common-denominator ideas designed to appeal to loyal political bases."

Inflected Forms

lowest common denominators (plural)

Phrases

lowest common multiple least common multiple greatest common divisor play to the gallery

Frequently Paired Words

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Synonyms

least common denominator

Questions

What does lowest common denominator mean?: The smallest positive integer which is a multiple of every denominator of several fractions.

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