downmarket
Adjective

downmarket

  1. Designed for low-income consumers.
  2. Of, or relating to the less prestigious sector of the market.
Adverb

downmarket

  1. Towards the less prestigious sector of the market.
Antonyms Verb

downmarket (downmarkets, present participle downmarketing; past and past participle downmarketed)

  1. To make or become downmarket.
    • 2011, Ricardo Gil Soeiro, ‎Sofia Tavares, Rethinking the Humanities: Paths and Challenges (page 37)
      If there has been a genuine dissemination of a certain degree of readership, of artistic interest and, very notably, of musical awareness and response, there has also been a 'downmarketing', a vulgarization of culture […]
    • , Inside the Olympic Industry: Power, Politics, and Activism (page 147)
      As Rob Plant explained, there is a “downmarketing” process when tourists experience problems with their initial accommodation plans and settle for the next level: for example, from one-star hotel down to backpacker hostel.



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