low-budget

[ loh-buhj-it ]

adjective

1. made or done on a small or reduced budget; costing relatively little money:

   a low-budget film.

Word History and Origins

Origin of low-budget¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

He made several low-budget films, including the violent sci-fi movie Wired to Kill.

From The Daily Beast

The best performing film of the year may well turn out to be a low-budget feature whose biggest star is a B-level TV actor.

From The Daily Beast

It was super low-budget and I had no producers looking over my shoulder.

From The Daily Beast

Step 11: Return to your living room, and fall asleep as a low-budget cop drama plays on a smallish computer monitor.

From The Daily Beast

For Coming Soon, Gordon's initial plan was to make and then display her wreath paintings in a low-budget California tract house.

From The Daily Beast

"Big distributor here is hollering about the low budget we've given to this Atummyc Bath Powder thing," he said.

From Project Gutenberg

He bossed a low-budget tourist attraction and he ran a pirate flea-market.

From Project Gutenberg