low-tech

Definitions

Simple, uncomplicated, primitive, not involving advanced technology.

informal

Equivalents

Examples

“Sometimes the low-tech ways are best: bash it with a rock, that'll loosen it.”

“The Automat, whose gleaming chrome-and-glass machines brought high-tech eating to a low-tech era, has gulped down its last⟳ coin and served up its last⟳ helping of macaroni, baked beans and kaiser rolls.”

“Many jihadist plots have⟳ been foiled and the security apparatus is getting better, overall, at pre-empting those who would do us ill. But, they say⟳, the nature of the threat and the terrorists’ increasing use⟳ of low-tech, asymmetrical tactics such as hire⟳ vehicles and knives, make⟳ it all but impossible to stop⟳ every assault.”

“The control⟳ centre of the Shinkansen, the world's first high-speed railway, is surprisingly low-tech.”

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