: technologically simple or unsophisticated
low-tech industries

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Some flies, such as mosquitoes and biting midges, are not strong fliers, so this low-tech method keeps them out of your space when you’re seated on the patio, for example, says Gray. Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 14 Apr. 2025 So here is my bodged solution: take a basic activity, as low-tech as possible, and compare. Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025 The researchers developed a fairly simple, relatively low-tech, and non-toxic approach to do just that. Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025 There have been some slip-ups over the years, even with the low-tech format, Miller said. Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 30 Mar. 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 Apr. 2025.

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