low-budget
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of low-budget
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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The low-budget action thriller was self-financed, heavily restricted in the director’s home country of Germany and eviscerated by the movie critics who wrote about it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
By this point I'm starting to look like an extra in a low-budget Star Wars parody – and we are definitely the pre-match entertainment in a pub which is now heaving.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
The past few weeks have also seen two low-budget horror movies, “Backrooms” and “Obsession,” become unanticipated blockbusters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
The recent “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu” dropped sharply at the domestic box office after its late-May opening, bested by low-budget horror films “Backrooms” and “Obsession.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
All three Brecht-Weill pieces address the social inequalities of the day head-on, in a deliberately non-arty, low-budget way.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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