preindustrial

adj

1. (not-comparable)Of or relating to the period before the Industrial Revolution and the global industrialisation that followed.

   “Civilization has already exceeded a global warming of ~1.0◦C above pre-industrial conditions[.]”

   “At last year’s summit in Glasgow, countries agreed to focus on limiting global temperature rises to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, but recent UN reports have shown that current policies would raise temperatures by about 2.5C.”

2. (not-comparable)Not yet industrialized.

   “a preindustrial nation”