downmarket
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downmarket
Where it comes from
From down- + market.
adjective more downmarket · most downmarket
adverb more downmarket · most downmarket
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Towards the less prestigious sector of the market.
Sadly, by the 1970s the arcade had gone downmarket with brash shop fronts and cheap shops, some of doubtful reputation.
Opposite: upmarket
verb downmarkets · downmarketing · downmarketed
- To render or become downmarket. 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 […]
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adj designed for low-income consumers
| 中文 | 下沉市場的 /下沉市场的 xiàchén shìchǎng de |
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verb Translations
| 中文 | 下沉 xiàchén |
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title = {downmarket},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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