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low-tech

low-tech

18 3.8
Using simple tools and methods instead of new technology
  • adjective
  • /ˈloʊˌtɛk/
translation icon : de baja tecnología
  • The workshop focused on low-tech approaches to gardening, emphasizing simple tools and techniques.
  • low-tech tools
  • low-tech devices
  • low-tech approaches

I think what you said also about would it be super low tech alien craft?

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Examples

  • Elements of sophisticated technology contrast and coexist with low-tech, low-budget solutions.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Materials recovery facilities employ a spectrum of high-tech to low-tech processing approaches.

    Academic text (1997)
  • For this part, we go low tech.

  • Very low tech, about as low tech as a toy could get.

  • I got a few low-tech solutions.

  • But they often use low-tech methods, and costs are kept to a minimum.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Now, when she looked at her students, she saw them using their new low-tech tools to follow the circle routine.

    Academic text (2013)
  • All three students quickly learned how to use the low-tech AT tool and increased their participation in the circle time routine.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Initially, the greatest impact came in low-tech industries like apparel and shoes.

    Academic text (2006)
  • I am going to talk about new technology and copyrights today with a very low-tech presentation.

    Academic text (1999)

Synonyms

bare-bones
vslow-tech
6 4.2

Very simple, with only the basic parts that are needed

focuses on using simple basic technology rather than advanced methods
no-frills
vslow-tech
5 3.8

Simple and basic without extra services or decoration

applies to simple functional technology rather than fancy features
stripped-down
vslow-tech
3 4.8

Has only the basic parts and no extra features

emphasizes simple technical design over sophisticated technology
ultra-basic
vslow-tech
4.0

A very simple thing with almost no features or comfort

describes use of basic technology rather than modern advanced systems

Antonyms

226 3.9

Using very new electronic and computer equipment

How Advanced

cutting-edge
49 5.6
high-tech
226 3.9
advanced
71 4.7
modern
1.4
low-tech
18 3.8
conventional
175 2.8
primitive
183 5.1

Surface Forms

low-tech positive

Morphology

low-tech = low + tech (transparent) = low + tech

A straightforward compound of 'low' + 'tech' meaning technology that is simple or not advanced, easily inferable by learners.

Etymology

Low-tech joins low ('not high') and tech, which is short for technology and means 'tools and machines'. So low-tech literally means 'not high technology' and is used for simple, basic tools or methods instead of more advanced ones.