: technologically simple or unsophisticated
low-tech industries

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The low-tech travel tip even has celebrity support. Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 20 Dec. 2025 The work will include replantings, culvert and bridge replacements, and a low-tech wetlands restoration method that has proliferated around the Colorado River Basin in recent years. Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025 Billboards, on the other hand, are stubbornly, laughably low-tech. Adam M. Rosen, thehustle.co, 12 Dec. 2025 Two years ago Goetze, who goes by CatGPT on social media, wanted to swap her smartphone for something more low-tech. Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 30 Nov. 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 29 Dec. 2025.

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