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

“It was all very low-tech during the publicity and promotion for the film,” she recalls.

From Los Angeles Times

This “Comedy of Errors” was seen last year, as a production of the Public’s Mobile Unit, which brings high-energy, low-tech versions of Shakespeare to venues like libraries, correctional facilities and community centers.

From New York Times

There were also several hundred low-tech mobile phones, all being charged, alongside thousands of SIM cards.

From BBC

Yet rather than buying protection, he says that their fears are more often assuaged by a very low-tech tactic - their children telling them simply to not answer or reply to anything.

From BBC

The future of warfare is going to be a mix of very high-tech and very low-tech.

From Salon

Related Words

• inexperienced