Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to low technology.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective not involving high technology; using long-established technology. Opposite of
high-tech .
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- adjective
Simple ,uncomplicated ,primitive , not involving advanced technology.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not involving high technology
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Examples
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I had gone from a low-touch, high-tech existence to the precise opposite: high-touch, low-tech.
World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011
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Developing high-tech biotechnologies as an alternative to low-tech mining isn't without risk.
Australian Drug Upstarts Draw Investor Interest Gavin Lower 2011
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That all this high-technology may sometimes err is as certain as the fallibility of low-tech humans.
Christine Negroni: Much to Learn From Lucky Landings Christine Negroni 2011
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These tangible improvements will benefit ordinary Nigerians and create the low-tech jobs needed to address unemployment.
Keeping Kleptocrats at Bay in Africa Gordon Bottomley 2011
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That all this high-technology may sometimes err is as certain as the fallibility of low-tech humans.
Christine Negroni: Much to Learn From Lucky Landings Christine Negroni 2011
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Occupy Wall Street's internal communications are much more low-tech.
Occupy Wall Street, but First Call Your Mother David Weidner 2011
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Forced to do without Internet access, Egyptians are using low-tech technologies to communicate with each other and people abroad.
Tweets About Egypt Have Increased Over Tenfold The Huffington Post 2011
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Forced to do without Internet access, Egyptians are using low-tech technologies to communicate with each other and people abroad.
Tweets About Egypt Have Increased Over Tenfold The Huffington Post 2011
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Forced to do without Internet access, Egyptians are using low-tech technologies to communicate with each other and people abroad.
Tweets About Egypt Have Increased Over Tenfold The Huffington Post 2011
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As a result, genetically modified crops may soon become a necessity: yields of bioengineered U.S. corn will increase more than 40 percent in the next four decades — far faster than those of low-tech crops. — “Revisiting Malthus in Light of Agricultural Biotechnology,” University of Georgia
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