fast tech

noun

Electronic products that are made and sold cheaply, and often replaced, leading to e-waste.

First used 2020s
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Meanings

nounfast tech (uncountable)
  1. neologismuncountableengineeringElectronic products that are made and sold cheaply, and often replaced, leading to e-waste.First known use 2020s
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    Demand for so-called "fast tech" - cheap electronic items often quickly binned or abandoned in drawers - is growing, a not-for-profit that works to reduce electronic waste has warned. Material Focus singled out heatwave-fuelled demand for battery powered mini-fans as an example of the problem, suggesting over seven million were purchased last year. […] Overall, consumer spending on fast tech has quadrupled to £11.6bn since 2023, surveys carried out for Material Focus suggested.

    2025 June 25, Chris Vallance, “'Fast tech' warning as demand for cheap gadgets heats up”, in BBC, archived from the original on 26 Jun 2025

Origin

Compound of fast + tech. Compare fast fashion, fast food.

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APA

fast tech. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fast%20tech

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“fast tech.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fast%20tech. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fast tech,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fast%20tech.

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