Meaning of 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"

previously used or owned by another; "bought a secondhand (or used) car"

(adv) by indirect means; "I heard about it only secondhand or thirdhand"; "he prefers to buy secondhand"