preindustrial

Etymology

From pre- + industrial.

adj

1. 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[.] 13 Jan 2021, Corey J.A. Bradshaw et al., “Underestimating the Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future”, in Frontiers in Conservation Science
   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. 2022-11-04, Fiona Harvey, “UN chief warns ‘we will be doomed’ without historic climate pact”, in The Guardian
2. Not yet industrialized.
   a preindustrial nation