preindustrial

/ (ˌpriːɪnˈdʌstrɪəl) /

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of or relating to a society, age, etc, before industrialization

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How to use preindustrial in a sentence

He has picked pre-primary brawls with Christie, Perry, and Marco Rubio.
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At that time, pre -9/11, the links were more subtle and had to be hunted down.
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While in pre-trial detention, Krivov undertook two hunger strikes.
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The Industrial Revolution and Victorian practically erased the holiday in England.
How Dickens and Scrooge Saved Christmas|Clive Irving|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The folk memory of medieval community life had been wiped out by the industrial revolution.
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The Spaniards, indeed, feigned to regard them only as a remnant of the rebels who had joined the pre-existing brigand bands.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
Doubtless the commentator habit is fixed in the nature of man; but it was pre-eminently mediaeval.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor
A considerable proportion of the industrial and commercial news is now written to an end.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
It offers, to those who see it aright, the most perplexing industrial paradox ever presented in the history of mankind.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
Industrial society, they say, must be reorganized from top to bottom; private industry must cease.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock