downmarket
adjective
UKdisapprovinguk/ˌdaʊnˈmɑː.kɪt/us/ˈdaʊnˌmɑːr.kɪt/(USdownscale)lowinqualityandcheapinprice;relatingto orintendedforpeoplewho arepooror noteducated:
低档的,低端的,价廉质次的a downmarkettabloidnewspaper面向低收入人群的通俗小报
Opposite
upmarketmainly UK
Not of good quality
- a miserable, poor, etc. excuse forsomethingidiom
- apology
- appallingly
- atrocious
- atrociously
- awfully
- awfulness
- badness
- downscale
- inadequacy
- inadequate
- inadequately
- janky
- tacky
- tawdriness
- tawdry
- thinness
- third-class
- third-rate
- wretched
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Costing little or no money
downmarket
adverb
UKdisapprovinguk/ˌdaʊnˈmɑː.kɪt/us/ˈdaʊnˌmɑːr.kɪt/(USdownscale)to alowerqualityandprice:
Thiscataloguehasgonedownmarket since the lasttimeIboughtsomething from it.
- Thestationcoulddoubleitsviewingfiguresif it waspreparedto go downmarket.
- America'sbudgetairlinesarestartingtomoveupmarketinservicequality,whereasEurope's give everyimpressionofmovingrelentlesslydownmarket.
- High-end desktop-replacementmachinesaretypicallytheheaviest, so it may beworthgoing downmarket a little for alightermachine.
- When we're in a recessionaryenvironment, andpeopleare very value-conscious andwantmore for less, it'snaturaltoseeamovedownmarket.
Not of good quality
- a miserable, poor, etc. excuse forsomethingidiom
- apology
- appallingly
- atrocious
- atrociously
- awfully
- awfulness
- badness
- downscale
- inadequacy
- inadequate
- inadequately
- janky
- tacky
- tawdriness
- tawdry
- thinness
- third-class
- third-rate
- wretched
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Costing little or no money