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used

adj. employed in accomplishing something; "the principle of surprise is the most used and misused of all the principles of war"- H.H.Arnold & I.C.Eaker

hand-me-down, hand-down, secondhand

adj. passed along for further use by others

exploited, ill-used, put-upon, victimized

adj. of persons; taken advantage of; "after going out of his way to help his friend get the job he felt not appreciated but used"

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"

abused

adj. used improperly or excessively especially drugs; "an abused substance"

misused

adj. used incorrectly or carelessly or for an improper purpose; "misused words are often laughable but one weeps for misused talents"

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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