primitive

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Researchers say the organisms - too primitive to be described as animals - are "completely unlike any other forms of life".

From BBC

“You could say it’s primitive technology. You could say it’s simple and reliable technology. Both of those things can be true,” said Mark Lindeman, the group’s policy and strategy director.

From Seattle Times

Even comparatively primitive BCI headsets can raise pointed ethical questions when released to the public.

From Salon

It comes from primitive yearnings for permanent idealized parents from childhood, or from replacements for disappointing parents.

From Salon

These three elements should be present in roughly equal ratios relative to other primitive materials, so if any iron was "missing," this would imply that the iron had been oxidized.

From Science Daily