low-tech
/lˌoʊtˈɛk/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.60 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Sometimes the low-tech ways are best: bash it with a rock, that'll loosen it."
- "The Automat, whose gleaming chrome-and-glass machines brought high-tech eating to a low-tech era, has gulped down its last coin and served up its last helping of macaroni, baked beans and kaiser rolls."
- "Many jihadist plots have been foiled and the security apparatus is getting better, overall, at pre-empting those who would do us ill. But, they say, the nature of the threat and the terrorists’ increasing use of low-tech, asymmetrical tactics such as hire vehicles and knives, make it all but impossible to stop every assault."
- "The control centre of the Shinkansen, the world's first high-speed railway, is surprisingly low-tech."