low-techlow-tech /ˌləʊ ˈtek◂ $ ˌloʊ-/ adjective 
Word Origin
He made low-tech, budget space movies.
Word OriginWORD ORIGINlow-tech
ExamplesOrigin:
1900-2000 tech from technologyEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- He uses low-tech theatrical devices to great effect.
- The company manufactures the low-tech parts in Mexico, and then assembles here.
- A low-tech solution to a high-tech threat.
- And their bets paid off big, from the high-tech realm of computers to the low-tech business of making mortgage loans.
- Bulletin boards are a low-tech way to exchange information.
- Indeed, Grimshaw strove to make it low-tech.
- It's an end to the time-consuming low-tech method of allocation-by-voice on the radio.
- It is often more energy-intensive with a more rapid deterioration than low-tech buildings!
- Never mind the action, which sometimes resembles a low-tech early-Eighties video game and is about as interesting to watch.
- Yet, like other places, Utah has to turn to low-tech services to soak up its growing numbers of literate job-hunters.
Longman Language Activatorwhen machines or tools are not complicated► simple
not using the most modern machines or methods in business or industry OPP high-tech: a simple machine, tool etc has only a few parts and is not made in a complicated way: · The tribes of Central New Guinea use very simple tools such as hammers and axes.· Very young children will be satisfied with the simplest of toys.
► basic basic machines, equipment, or tools only have the most necessary features and you cannot use them to do unusual, difficult, or complicated things: · The hospital lacked even the most basic medical equipment.· It's only six years old, but already my home PC is basic compared to today's models.
► crude something that is crude has been made or done in a simple way, without paying much attention to unnecessary details or features: · The men started gathering wood to construct a crude shelter.· The earliest skis were crude, consisting of short boards covered in fur skins.a crude form of something: · Babbage's great calculating machine was a crude form of computer.
► primitive a tool or machine that is primitive is very simple when compared to modern tools or machines that do the same job, and is not as good: · In those days, dental equipment was primitive and a visit to the dentist was a painful experience.· It is a primitive but effective device for raising water from a well.· a primitive design
► rudimentary tools, machines etc that are rudimentary are very simple and are only able to do very simple jobs: · The tools that the ancient Egyptians used to build their temples were extremely rudimentary.· The system has a rudimentary Internet browser, but it's very slow.
► unsophisticated tools or machines that are unsophisticated do not have many of the features that more modern or more advanced tools or machines have: · They still use some relatively unsophisticated machinery.· It may look unsophisticated compared to modern high-tech cameras, but it produces fantastic pictures.
► low-tech equipment, vehicles, machines etc that are low-tech have a very simple design but this is often seen as an advantage because they are cheaper or more practical: · The company manufactures the low-tech parts in Mexico, and then assembles here. · He uses low-tech theatrical devices to great effect.
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He made low-tech, budget space movies.