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secondhand
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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