low-budget
idiom
: involving a small amount of money : involving a relatively small cost
a low-budget movie
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Both Finn and Kline might have made fine low-budget slasher movies.
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2025
Meantime, the low-budget Marlins are off to a (relatively) good start in MLB at 7-7 entering Sunday, after ace Sandy Alcantara (2-0) was not sharp Saturday but won.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2025
Capturing the charming, low-budget beauty of Minecraft’s cuboid aesthetic would be difficult to do in live action, yet the filmmaking team makes a glossy effort.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2025
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'G,' 2002 movie
G is a low-budget, fun retelling with an all-Black cast and Jay Gatsby reimagined as a rap star living in the Hamptons.
—Danielle Teller, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2025
Meantime, the low-budget Marlins are off to a (relatively) good start in MLB at 7-7 entering Sunday, after ace Sandy Alcantara (2-0) was not sharp Saturday but won.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2025
Capturing the charming, low-budget beauty of Minecraft’s cuboid aesthetic would be difficult to do in live action, yet the filmmaking team makes a glossy effort.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2025
Look Back at the Actress on PEOPLE's First-Ever Cover from 1974
02 of 14
'G,' 2002 movie
G is a low-budget, fun retelling with an all-Black cast and Jay Gatsby reimagined as a rap star living in the Hamptons.
—Danielle Teller, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for low-budget
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“Low-budget.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/low-budget. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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