: technologically simple or unsophisticated
low-tech industries

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However, outdated perceptions persist, painting manufacturing as low-tech and low-paying. Dave Evans, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025 The Houthis also got close to striking US naval ships on a few occasions with some relatively low-tech rockets and drones. Connor Okeeffe, Oc Register, 20 June 2025 Advertisement Many other misleading images have circulated not due to AI, but much more low-tech efforts. Andrew R. Chow, Time, 12 June 2025 But low-tech surprise attacks like the one Ukraine launched against Russia this week – using inexpensive drones hidden in modest wooden huts with retractable roofs – have complicated the debate. Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for low-tech

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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 30 Jun. 2025.

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