predigital
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- adjective
- /ˌpriːˈdɪdʒɪtəl/
- In those predigital days, my boss and I stood in the darkroom shaking the can, drying the film, and then printing the pictures.
- predigital era
Examples
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In those predigital days, we relied on printed photographs instead of digital images.
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scanned photo from my scrapbook - predigital days
Blog text (13) -
It's more like examining and interpreting a faded photograph from the predigital age.
Academic text (2011) -
Though written in a predigital era, these works continue to offer understanding and insight into how the diffusion of innovation is affected by the barriers and stimulants that apply no less to the introduction of online education into a campus-centric university today than it did, say, to the introduction of tractors into Turkish agrarian culture 5 decades ago.
Academic text (2015) -
Working in the predigital era, families used to send handwritten letters instead of emails.
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The artist's style reflects the creativity of the predigital age when music was recorded on tapes.
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Etymology
Predigital comes from the parts pre- meaning 'before' and digital meaning 'relating to computers and electronic devices'. So predigital describes a time, thing, or style from before digital technology became common.