mass-market

adjective

mass-mar·​ket ˈmas-ˈmär-kət How to pronounce mass-market (audio)
1
: sold through such retail outlets as supermarkets and drugstores as well as through bookstores
a mass-market paperback
also : of, relating to, or publishing mass-market materials
2
: appealing or sold to a general audience

Examples of mass-market in a Sentence

the kind of mass-market candy bars that connoisseurs of chocolate love to disdain
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Another benefit is that a mix of vintage pieces, textures, and splurge items elevates the affordable, mass-market items in your home. Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 May 2025 Dina was born after society collapsed, presumably taking the mass-market beauty industry along with it. Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 11 May 2025 And everything is geared toward one goal: mass-market competitiveness. Marianne Lehnis, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025 For instance, Lea Wait’s mass-market crime novel Shadows at the Spring Show, published in 2005, goes so far as to make anger over the transracial adoption the motive for a string of grisly murders in a small town. H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 23 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mass-market

Word History

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of mass-market was in 1952

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“Mass-market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mass-market. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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