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secondhand

adj. 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"

hand-me-down, hand-down, used

adj. passed along for further use by others

alternative, alternate

adj. allowing a choice; "an alternative plan"

subsidiary, auxiliary, supplementary, supplemental

adj. functioning in a subsidiary or supporting capacity; "the main library and its auxiliary branches"

collateral

adj. accompany, concomitant; "collateral target damage from a bombing run"

standby, substitute, second-string, stand-by

adj. being a replacement or substitute for a regular member of a team

tributary

adj. of a stream; flowing into a larger stream

utility, substitute

adj. capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team; "a utility infielder"

vicarious

adj. experienced at secondhand; "read about mountain climbing and felt vicarious excitement"

auld

adj. a Scottish word; "auld lang syne"

age-old, ancient

adj. belonging to or lasting from times long ago; "age-old customs"; "the antique fear that days would dwindle away to complete darkness"

antediluvian, antiquated, archaic

adj. so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period; "a ramshackle antediluvian tenement"; "antediluvian ideas"; "archaic laws"

antique

adj. made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age; "the beautiful antique French furniture"

hoary, rusty

adj. ancient; "hoary jokes"

ancient, immemorial

adj. belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire; "ancient history"; "ancient civilizations such as those of the Etruscans and Sumerians"; "ancient Greece"

longtime, long-standing

adj. of long duration; "a longtime friend"

patched

adj. mended usually clumsily by covering a hole with a patch; "patched jeans"

sunset

adj. of a declining industry or technology; "sunset industries"

yellow, yellowed

adj. changed to a yellowish color by age; "yellowed parchment"

new

adj. not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered; "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World"

fresh

adj. recently made, produced, or harvested; "fresh bread"; "a fresh scent"

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