low-tech

[loh-tek]

adjective

1. low-technology.

low tech

noun

1. short for low technology

2. a style of interior design using items associated with low technology

adjective

1. of or using low technology

2. of or in the interior design style

Word History and Origins

Origin of low-tech¹

By shortening

Example Sentences

UCLA’s researchers go low-tech to plead their case to the public with poster boards and props.

From Los Angeles Times

That lasted even through the brief Moviefone boom, where users could dial a number to get automated showtimes, which was still a low-tech way to find out what was playing nearby.

From Salon

She says that there are a number of low-tech ways to keep buildings cool, such as designing for air flow.

From BBC

Hezbollah had decided to equip members with low-tech pagers for communicating rather than smartphones which it feared could be used by Israel, its arch-enemy, to gather sensitive information about the group.

From BBC

Its authors predict that the armed forces on both sides of the Atlantic will have "significant new needs for services and equipment, both hi-tech and low-tech".

From BBC

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