low-budget

idiom

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

a low-budget movie

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By the time the credits roll, Sound of Metal avoids all of the tired clichés that typically come from this sort of low-budget undertaking, and achieves something more introspective and, much like the hardest and most profound journeys in life, unresolved. —Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025

Even for a billionaire who was in the comparatively low-budget dictionary business less for profit than for fun, the bottom line mattered, and the pressure to make money and cut costs was inescapable. —Stefan Fatsis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025

Between 1958 and 1978, 30 of the low-budget comedies were churned out (a revival in 1992 flopped), attracting millions of viewers worldwide. —Ian King, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025

But for all of the director’s love of old-school horror, the low-budget Eugene the Marine is far more effective as a character study than a genre film. —Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for low-budget

• budget