low-budget

phrase

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

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Under the black cape, trash can helmet and ample body armor straight out of a low-budget sci-fi film, Binface’s alter-ego is Jon Harvey, a middle-aged comedian who has spent much of the campaign trying to keep his cool during a sweltering summer. — ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026 The low-budget movie follows an ensemble of misfit counselors on the last day at a summer camp in 1981. — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2026 Other sessions tackle financing, low-budget filmmaking, adaptation and the increasingly urgent question of how filmmakers build careers beyond a debut feature. — Callum McLennan, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026 The 2019 film The Manson Family Massacre is a low-budget indie directed by Andrew Jones that has a supernatural angle and blends past and present. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for low-budget

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