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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“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
To sell shares in what is expected to be the largest initial public offering ever, however, it will rely on a surprisingly low-tech, incredibly manual process.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 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
The pilots became so adept with the tap code that they started inventing shortcuts, a kind of low-tech texting.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
One of the best tests, she says, is low tech.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
Much of it hinges on something decidedly low tech: the ability to build data centers as fast as humanly possible—and all the dealmaking, zoning and permitting that it entails.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 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
Toggling between the high tech and low tech as I explained earlier is using electronic countermeasures to shut down the drones.
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2024
The secret behind those eggs was far more low tech, yet arguably fashionable: “Women’s stockings,” says Crump.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2021
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