low-budget

phrase

: involving a small amount of money : involving a relatively small cost

a low-budget movie

Examples of low-budget in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There are low-budget neon casinos, pawn shops, all-night wedding chapels, and jewelry exchanges promising top dollar for coins, bullion, and scrap. — Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026

As a 14-year-old girl growing up in Maryland, I was obsessed with the fast-talking low-budget august movies that played at my beloved Bethesda Row. — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026

Still, for every resourceful, imaginative low-budget success, there is a bungled movie that aspires, if not to quality, then at least to financial viability, but instead achieves legendary ineptitude. — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026

In 2025 Turner showed his eclectic tastes, appearing in the romantic drama Eternity, the war on terrorism satire Atropia, and the low-budget art-house mystery Rose of Nevada. — L. Sue Baugh, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for low-budget

• budget