Anything that's secondhand has been used before. Your secondhand boots may look brand new, but they were owned by someone else before you bought them.
Not original or primary; received from another.
Adjective S.
previously used or owned by another; "bought a secondhand (or used) car"
Adjective S.
derived from what is primary or original; not firsthand; "a secondhand report"; "a secondhand account of a memory of something once read"; "most of our knowledge is secondhand"
Adverb
by indirect means; "I heard about it only secondhand or thirdhand"; "he prefers to buy secondhand"
a.
Not original or primary; received from another.
a.
Not new; already or previously or used by another; as,
a secondhand book, garment.
Secondhand
They have but a secondhand or implicit knowledge.2.
Not original or primary; received from another.
Usage Examples
Toxins love to get you while you're young. Lead, mercury, secondhand smoke and sundry other environmental nasties do a lot more damage when tissue is immature, vulnerable and growing than when it's mature and comparatively fixed.
Misspelled FormSecondhand, Secondhand, econdhand, Secondhand, Swecondhand, S3econdhand, S4econdhand, Srecondhand, Ssecondhand, Sdecondhand, Swcondhand, S3condhand, S4condhand, Srcondhand, Sscondhand, Sdcondhand, Sewcondhand, Se3condhand, Se4condhand, Sercondhand, Sescondhand, Sedcondhand, Sexcondhand, Sedcondhand, Sefcondhand, Sevcondhand, Se condhand, Sexondhand, Sedondhand, Sefondhand, Sevondhand, Se ondhand, Secxondhand, Secdondhand, Secfondhand, Secvondhand, Sec ondhand, Seciondhand, Sec9ondhand, Sec0ondhand, Secpondhand, Seclondhand, Secindhand, Sec9ndhand, Sec0ndhand, Secpndhand, Seclndhand, Secoindhand, Seco9ndhand, Seco0ndhand, Secopndhand, Secolndhand, Secobndhand, Secohndhand, Secojndhand, Secomndhand, Seco ndhand, Secobdhand, Secohdhand, Secojdhand, Secomdhand, Seco dhand, Seconbdhand, Seconhdhand, Seconjdhand, Seconmdhand, Secon dhand, Seconsdhand, Seconedhand, Seconfdhand, Seconxdhand, Seconcdhand, Seconshand, Seconehand, Seconfhand, Seconxhand, Seconchand, Secondshand, Secondehand, Secondfhand, Secondxhand, Secondchand, Secondghand, Secondyhand, Seconduhand, Secondjhand, Secondnhand, Secondgand, Secondyand, Seconduand, Secondjand, Secondnand, Secondhgand, Secondhyand, Secondhuand, Secondhjand, Secondhnand, Secondhqand, Secondhwand, Secondhsand, Secondhzand, Secondhqnd, Secondhwnd, Secondhsnd, Secondhznd, Secondhaqnd, Secondhawnd, Secondhasnd, Secondhaznd, Secondhabnd, Secondhahnd, Secondhajnd, Secondhamnd, Secondha nd, Secondhabd, Secondhahd, Secondhajd, Secondhamd, Secondha d, Secondhanbd, Secondhanhd, Secondhanjd, Secondhanmd, Secondhan d, Secondhansd, Secondhaned, Secondhanfd, Secondhanxd, Secondhancd, Secondhans, Secondhane, Secondhanf, Secondhanx, Secondhanc, Secondhands, Secondhande, Secondhandf, Secondhandx, Secondhandc.
Other Usage ExamplesI've always been attracted to romantic secondhand clothes. But my style developed as I started going to these strange raves where everybody had these very definitive costumes.