: technologically simple or unsophisticated
low-tech industries

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The solutions are low-tech but very effective – like using empty soda bottles as flotation devices. Melody Schreiber, NPR, 13 Dec. 2024 United States Patent and Trademark Office Unlike sophisticated gun safety technology like fingerprint recognition, the magazine disconnect is straightforward and low-tech. Suzy Khimm, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2024 My favorite low-tech solution is to write checks with a pen specifically designed to prevent ink from being altered. Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024 However, these more inventive low-tech communications can be used to direct employees to digital communications. Elizabeth Baskin, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for low-tech 

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of low-tech was in 1967

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“Low-tech.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/low-tech. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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