low-tech
adjective
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low-tech
American
[loh-tek]
/ ˈloʊˈtɛk /
adjective
low tech
British
noun
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short for low technology
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a style of interior design using items associated with low technology
adjective
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of or using low technology
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of or in the interior design style
Etymology
Origin of low-tech
By shortening
Example Sentences
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They take to online message boards seeking the most low-tech of modern vehicles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
“I’m a low-tech Aztec,” he writes via email when requesting a Zoom link to our Monday interview.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
The study’s authors found that ChatGPT doesn’t even come close to matching the predictive accuracy of a low-tech model that has been around for years.
From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026
Mattis said that the military has been worried about exactly this scenario for decades, because Iran can control the strait with very low-tech weapons.
From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026
Forty thousand years ago, those crossings may have been achieved by bamboo rafts, low-tech but seaworthy watercraft still in use in coastal South China today.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
One of the best tests, she says, is low tech.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
But for Jennifer Harris, it was something far more low tech that ultimately helped her choose the secondary that was the best fit for her children.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025
“So I thought we needed low tech to beat that if it happened here,” Enriquez said as we cruised past a city-owned lot where ICE had staged operations weeks earlier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2025
And then we're also seeing a type of low tech war that closely resembles World War One and the Western front.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2023
“I try to keep my cooking as low tech as possible,” she says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2018
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