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How to pronounce secondhand in English?

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bought a secondhand (or used) car.
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a secondhand report.
a secondhand account of a memory of something once read.
most of our knowledge is secondhand.
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I heard about it only secondhand or thirdhand.
he prefers to buy secondhand.

Examples of secondhand

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Secondhand smoke also causes lung cancer, heart and lung disease in non-smokers.
From the us.cnn.com
Numerous studies of secondhand smoke have been completed over the past 40 years.
From the us.cnn.com
We are the automobile, and we will never get a secondhand one to take its place.
From the thestate.com
The previous owner purchased it at a secondhand store in the 1950s for 35 cents.
From the dispatch.com
The surgeon general also stated that there is no safe level of secondhand smoke.
From the kansas.com
An estimated 49,000 of these deaths are the result of secondhand-smoke exposure.
From the washingtonpost.com
High exposure was defined as more than 30 years of exposure to secondhand smoke.
From the sciencedaily.com
Local laws already protect about one third of Kentuckians from secondhand smoke.
From the kentucky.com
His 1986 surgeon general's report on thedangers of secondhand smoke was seminal.
From the cnn.com
More examples
  • 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"
  • Previously used or owned by another; "bought a secondhand (or used) car"
  • A second-hand or used good is one that is being purchased by or otherwise transferred to a second or later end user. A used good can also simply mean it is no longer in the same condition as it was when it was first transferd to the current end user. ...
  • Not new; previously owned and used by another; dealing in such merchandise; indirectly
  • Jeans that have been owned or worn before.
  • Industry-speak for item and merchandise sold in any capacity that has been previously owned by a past buyer of said piece.