low-budget
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: involving a small amount of money : involving a relatively small cost
a low-budget movie
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There’s something charmingly low-budget about the whole affair, devoid of splashy graphics or teasers about what’s to come and instead foregrounding the excitement of the stars.
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025
Revenge In 1983, a relatively unknown Clooney appeared in a low-budget horror film with Laura Dern.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 7 Dec. 2025
Indy, a Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever, earned rave reviews for his performance in writer-director Ben Leonberg’s low-budget indie horror .
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
The Picasso images appear geometric, while those pushed out of the Zuckerberg dog’s rectum look like a clip from a low-budget Matrix knockoff.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2025
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025
Revenge In 1983, a relatively unknown Clooney appeared in a low-budget horror film with Laura Dern.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 7 Dec. 2025
Indy, a Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever, earned rave reviews for his performance in writer-director Ben Leonberg’s low-budget indie horror .
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
The Picasso images appear geometric, while those pushed out of the Zuckerberg dog’s rectum look like a clip from a low-budget Matrix knockoff.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2025
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“Low-budget.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/low-budget. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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