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used

[yoozd, yoost] / yuzd, yust /

ADJECTIVE

secondhand

Synonyms

STRONG

recycled worn

WEAK

hand-me-down nearly new not new passed down pre-owned

Usage

What is another way to say used? What is used often has depreciated or been diminished, sometimes completely consumed: a used automobile; All the butter has been used. Used is the past participle of use, which is a general verb: to use a telephone; to use a saw and other tools; to use one's eyes; to use eggs in cooking. As applied to persons, use implies some selfish or sinister purpose: to use another to advance oneself. Utilize implies practical or profitable use: to utilize the means at hand, a modern system of lighting.

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He added that the New York senator, who took over Hillary Clinton's senate seat when her term ended, had been "very disloyal" to the Clintons and had been "USED" by them.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2017

Opposite the cafe, not far from the main waiting room, there were two wooden tables covered in books flanking a door that read: R. LABISSE, BOOKSELLER, NEW AND USED.

From "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick

Certain things are good for nothing until they have been kept a long while; and some are good for nothing until they have been long kept and USED.

From Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

But religion, to be efficacious, must be not passively accepted, but USED.

From Problems of Conduct by Drake, Durant

Now I tell you a poem must be kept AND USED, like a meerschaum, or a violin.

From Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

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