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Definition of downmarket in English: downmarketadverb & adjectiveˈdaʊnmɑːkɪtdaʊnˈmɑːkɪt British Towards or relating to the cheaper or less prestigious sector of the market. as adjective an interview for the downmarket tabloids as adverb competition threatens to drive broadcasters further downmarket Example sentencesExamples - She spent most of her early life not far from Rodeo Drive, but in a decidedly more downmarket part of Beverly Hills where the family fashion was shaped by what they could find in charity shops.
- Yet if you look at the mass circulation downmarket newspapers, or the plethora of glossy celeb mags you would think there was a national obsession with C-list publicity seekers.
- It's just the kind of story you might find in a downmarket women's magazine.
- Blunkett stands accused of colluding with Britain's most powerful downmarket tabloids to further his war with the family of his lover.
- It looked and felt like a downmarket tabloid, but it was in a war it could not win against the more richly resourced Daily Record, Sun or Mirror.
- It was also a dismal store and the concept of trying to serve both upmarket and downmarket clients was never going to work.
- He faced questioning on the opposite problem; what if tenants deliberately went downmarket into unhealthily poor housing in order to pocket more of their allowance?
- The paper has been taken downmarket, upmarket, redesigned, relaunched, and started a price war with the Sun - all without finding any new readers.
- On one speech day we calculated that a full 25% of the motors had been hired by mums and dads who obviously felt their own wheels were too downmarket.
- Of the 200 periodicals and newspapers she approaches for work, only one replies: The Weekly Comet, a downmarket supermarket tabloid in the National Enquirer mould.
- It tended to have very downmarket front pages and then an attempt to be slightly more upmarket inside.
- Crosse glanced around to discover the source of this unpleasant opener and wasn't surprised to find that the interested party represented a downmarket tabloid.
- Equally worrying, its audience has moved downmarket, with a drop of around 10 per cent year-on-year among the more affluent ABC1 viewers.
- The cheap plastic on the centre console looks downmarket next to the interior fittings of, say, a Ford C-Max, and the footrest came adrift a number of times during my week with the car.
- It was downmarket daytime telly for housewives.
- Detractors have questioned the company's commitment to Scotland and some suggest that its image may be pulled downmarket in the same way as rival Burberry in the UK.
- The best hope of avoiding a downmarket tabloid TV future lies in the pressure currently being put on the networks to clean up their act.
- A downmarket sausage can contain less meat than other ingredients such as soya, artificial additives and colouring, cereal, rusk and e numbers to prolong its supermarket shelf life.
- Perhaps there should be another target for this blog entry - and that's the people who are willing to take their politics/ideals and morals from a downmarket tabloid newspaper.
- Many broadsheet readers are snobby about the tabloid format, simply because it's associated with more downmarket content.
Synonyms cheap, cheap and nasty, inferior, rubbishy low-class, lowbrow, uncultured, unsophisticated, rough, poor, insalubrious, unfashionable, disreputable informal tacky, dumbed down
Definition of downmarket in US English: downmarketadjective & adverbˈdounˌmärkətˈdaʊnˌmɑrkət British Toward or relating to the cheaper or less prestigious sector of the market. as adjective an interview for the downmarket tabloids as adverb competition threatens to drive broadcasters further downmarket Example sentencesExamples - He faced questioning on the opposite problem; what if tenants deliberately went downmarket into unhealthily poor housing in order to pocket more of their allowance?
- Crosse glanced around to discover the source of this unpleasant opener and wasn't surprised to find that the interested party represented a downmarket tabloid.
- Yet if you look at the mass circulation downmarket newspapers, or the plethora of glossy celeb mags you would think there was a national obsession with C-list publicity seekers.
- Perhaps there should be another target for this blog entry - and that's the people who are willing to take their politics/ideals and morals from a downmarket tabloid newspaper.
- It tended to have very downmarket front pages and then an attempt to be slightly more upmarket inside.
- She spent most of her early life not far from Rodeo Drive, but in a decidedly more downmarket part of Beverly Hills where the family fashion was shaped by what they could find in charity shops.
- Of the 200 periodicals and newspapers she approaches for work, only one replies: The Weekly Comet, a downmarket supermarket tabloid in the National Enquirer mould.
- It was also a dismal store and the concept of trying to serve both upmarket and downmarket clients was never going to work.
- Many broadsheet readers are snobby about the tabloid format, simply because it's associated with more downmarket content.
- Blunkett stands accused of colluding with Britain's most powerful downmarket tabloids to further his war with the family of his lover.
- It was downmarket daytime telly for housewives.
- The cheap plastic on the centre console looks downmarket next to the interior fittings of, say, a Ford C-Max, and the footrest came adrift a number of times during my week with the car.
- A downmarket sausage can contain less meat than other ingredients such as soya, artificial additives and colouring, cereal, rusk and e numbers to prolong its supermarket shelf life.
- It looked and felt like a downmarket tabloid, but it was in a war it could not win against the more richly resourced Daily Record, Sun or Mirror.
- The paper has been taken downmarket, upmarket, redesigned, relaunched, and started a price war with the Sun - all without finding any new readers.
- It's just the kind of story you might find in a downmarket women's magazine.
- Equally worrying, its audience has moved downmarket, with a drop of around 10 per cent year-on-year among the more affluent ABC1 viewers.
- The best hope of avoiding a downmarket tabloid TV future lies in the pressure currently being put on the networks to clean up their act.
- On one speech day we calculated that a full 25% of the motors had been hired by mums and dads who obviously felt their own wheels were too downmarket.
- Detractors have questioned the company's commitment to Scotland and some suggest that its image may be pulled downmarket in the same way as rival Burberry in the UK.
Synonyms cheap, cheap and nasty, inferior, rubbishy
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