low-budget

phrase

: involving a small amount of money : involving a relatively small cost
a low-budget movie

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But Roger remembers the particular discipline of working on low-budget film productions, when stock and time were precious and rolling the camera was consequential. — Callum McLennan, Variety, 18 Oct. 2026 The low-budget World Series showdown will start six weeks before a likely management lockout, a work stoppage that threatens the 2027 season as owners and players battle over the sport's lack of a salary cap. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026 The low-budget feature will mark Just’s directorial debut, and be the second in the new Dogma25 slate of ambitious arthouse features from producer Zentropa. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026 Curry Barker’s microbudget horror Obsession and Kane Parsons’ low-budget psychological thriller Backrooms took a combined near $1 billion from cinemas worldwide. — Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026 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 27 Oct. 2026.

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