How to Use low-tech in a Sentence

low-tech

adjective
  • This very low-tech tool is one of my all-time favorites.
    Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 5 June 2023
  • And that’s another one of the pleasures of the movie is all the low-tech effects.
    Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Aug. 2024
  • Benj's low-tech, but creative way of viewing the eclipse.
    Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Very low-tech by modern standards, with no lights on it, the ticket booth was state of the art for its day.
    Vince Guerrieri, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Some techniques are low-tech, such as mass tree planting.
    Laura Paddison, CNN, 11 May 2023
  • One consequence of such bans is a boom in low-tech devices that keep kids off their phones.
    Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2024
  • The current best treatment is very low-tech: treat the wound and slowly extract the worm over several painful weeks.
    Kimberly Paul, The Conversation, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Nokia is attempting to make low-tech phones cool again with the launch of three colorful, sleek 4G feature phones.
    Sarah Lord, PCMAG, 30 Apr. 2024
  • Amazon There are high-tech coffee gadgets and then there are low-tech coffee gadgets; the Hario Slim Plus is one of the latter.
    WIRED, 13 June 2023
  • With art and mirrors on the walls instead of flat-screen TVs, the rooms feel wonderfully low-tech; plans for an onsite library are in the works.
    Elizabeth Nicholas, Vogue, 29 Nov. 2023
  • No Food Processor Hummus Here’s a low-tech recipe that comes together with a zip-top bag and rolling pin.
    Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Most of the strategies proven to work are simple and low-tech, like tutoring and summer school, according to the CRPE report.
    Anna North, Vox, 19 Sep. 2024
  • In a clearing at the edge of the river, the miners had driven rows of cut saplings into the dirt—a low-tech defense against landing helicopters.
    Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Without sensors to measure air quality, planes rely on a low-tech method: the smell test.
    Kiera Feldman, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Close blinds and curtains A simple, low-tech way to help cool your home is keeping blinds and curtains closed during the hottest parts of the day to block out direct sunlight.
    Rob Nikolewski, The Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2024
  • For such a low-tech car, the Beetle—at least for a time—offers a decidedly high-tech transmission.
    Alexander Stoklosa, Car and Driver, 31 Aug. 2023
  • With all the outdoor games and toys kids have to choose from, something as simple as a hula hoop might seem a little low-tech or outdated—but that's half the fun.
    Catherine Holecko, Parents, 16 July 2024
  • Gondry, as always, is into doohickeys, contraptions, and finding low-tech ways to do high-tech things.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 June 2023
  • At most battles, especially the smaller ones, the judging is a low-tech affair.
    Dvora Meyers, WIRED, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Sticking with the low-tech vibe, Morgan also opts for a notebook to mark down anything important.
    Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2024
  • And if all else fails, workplace experts say users can always rely on the low-tech solution: turn your device off.
    Danielle Abril, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Researchers have been studying the lake’s clarity for more than 50 years, and the technique remains charmingly low-tech.
    Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The branches themselves dangle from clothes hangers, as low-tech as the operation gets.
    Scott Wilson, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
  • But in some countries such as China and India, QR codes are a low-tech foundation for hundreds of millions of people to pay for items with their phones.
    Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The novels, however, are low-tech and mention Q only obliquely.
    Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Yes, this 80-minute, low-tech production carries Broadway ticket prices, but that fact should stick in the craw only until its dislodged by the first guffaw.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 11 July 2024
  • Hezbollah adopted low-tech tools to evade such deadly compromise.
    Colin Demarest, Axios, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Its fuel economy is only a little better than the low-tech Cherokee's.
    Don Schroeder, Car and Driver, 29 May 2023
  • Many of the best foot massagers are electronic, with plenty of gizmos and doodads to amp up the relaxation, but there are effective low-tech options, too.
    Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The group has long used various low-tech methods, including pagers, as part of its strategy to avoid Israeli tracking and surveillance of cell phones.
    Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2024

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