pretechnological

adjective

pre·​tech·​no·​log·​i·​cal ˌprē-ˌtek-nə-ˈlä-ji-kəl 

variants or pre-technological

1

: not having developed or adopted modern technology

a pretechnological society

pretechnological peoples/cultures

2

: existing, occurring, or originating before the existence of modern technology

in pretechnological days

still uses pretechnological techniques

This affirmation does not mean that we advocate returning to a pretechnological state.

—William McDonough and Michael Braungart

Examples of pretechnological in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Even today the pensioners of this village at the southern end of Greece’s second-largest island, Euboea, sometimes use this efficient pretechnological form of wireless communication from house to house to convey news, gossip or extend a breakfast invitation. —Julien Meyer, Scientific American, 22 Nov. 2016

Word History

First Known Use

1933, in the meaning defined at sense 2