Secondhand
(adjective)
- Not new; previously used or owned by someone else.
- Not original; derived from a source.
- Being passed on by word of mouth rather than through original documents or primary sources.
Origin:
Late 18th century: from second (adverb) + hand.
Examples:
- He bought a secondhand car.
- She bought a secondhand dress.
- The information he provided was secondhand.
- The book is filled with secondhand accounts of the event.
- The story was passed on secondhand from one person to another.