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

An early triumph, from 1976, is “Assault on Precinct 13,” a low-budget riff on Howard Hawks’s “Rio Bravo.”

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Corman, affectionately known as the “Pope of Pop Cinema,” was a god of low-budget horror, a maestro who could turn a shoestring budget into something glittering, gothic, and gloriously unhinged.

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In an effort to address the issue, performers union SAG-AFTRA recently announced it has created agreements that cover low-budget vertical dramas.

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The film from Universal and low-budget horror specialists Blumhouse has excellent critical and audience scores, said analyst David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research.

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On a recent flight to London, the heavyset Puech squeezed into a middle seat on EasyJet, the famously low-budget European airline, according to people close to him.

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