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second-hand
adjective
adverb
previously used or owned by another
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adjective
previously used or owned by another
“bought a secondhand (or used) car”
adjective
derived from what is primary or original; not firsthand
“a secondhand report”
adverb
by indirect means
“I heard about it only secondhand or thirdhand”
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bought a secondhand (or used) car
a secondhand report
a secondhand account of a memory of something once read
most of our knowledge is secondhand
I heard about it only secondhand or thirdhand
he prefers to buy secondhand
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