low-budget
idiom
: involving a small amount of money : involving a relatively small cost
a low-budget movie
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There were also other underperformers, including a pair of low-budget duds from the once-unstoppable Blumhouse horror studio.
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Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
For the Love of the Game (1999) Sam Raimi was quite the versatile filmmaker, directing everything from low-budget horror to big-budget action to everything in between—including this part-baseball, part-romance.
—Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
In recent years, he’s worked largely in low-budget films, including The Activated Man (2023), alongside Sean Young and the late Tony Todd.
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Chamberlain was a virtual unknown with a limited number of TV guest shots and a low-budget movie to his credit when he was cast by MGM as Dr. Kildare in the hour-long medical drama.
—Dennis McLellan, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2025
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Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
For the Love of the Game (1999) Sam Raimi was quite the versatile filmmaker, directing everything from low-budget horror to big-budget action to everything in between—including this part-baseball, part-romance.
—Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
In recent years, he’s worked largely in low-budget films, including The Activated Man (2023), alongside Sean Young and the late Tony Todd.
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Chamberlain was a virtual unknown with a limited number of TV guest shots and a low-budget movie to his credit when he was cast by MGM as Dr. Kildare in the hour-long medical drama.
—Dennis McLellan, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2025
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“Low-budget.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/low-budget. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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