secondhand
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Academic vocabulary
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Syllables3
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adjective
1. (of goods) Not new; previously owned and used by another.
Synonyms: hand-me-down, pre-owned, used
2. (of a dealer) Dealing in such merchandise.
3. Indirect; from a secondary source; not firsthand.
4. (of cigarette or cigar smoke) inhaled from the air near someone else smoking.
"exposure to secondhand smoke from cigarette-smoking colleagues"
Synonyms
adverb
1. In a used or previously-owned condition.
2. Indirectly
Source: en.wiktionary.org
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