Belonging to the second order in a series related by successive derivation, causation, or dependence; derived from, based on, or dependent on…

transferred and figurative. Taken or used at second-hand, not one's own; assumed, counterfeit, ‘put on’; adopted or adapted for the nonce. borrowed…

attributive or as adj. Obtained, copied, or imitated from a second-hand source; further away from the original source, and so more stale, less…

Derivative. Obsolete. rare.

Not original or obtained from the original source; plagiarized or borrowed; imitative, derivative.

= second hand, adj.

In adverbial phrases. of second hand = B. 1..

Not original, lacking originality; derivative, second-hand.

(un-, prefix1 affix 1.)

Not originative, not producing or initiating something original.

(un-, prefix1 affix 1.)

In extended use: that is not original; imitative, hackneyed; second hand. Also: ready-made; (hence) of inferior quality. Cf. reach-me-down, adj. 2.

In extended use: ready-made; hackneyed, unoriginal; of inferior quality.

Characterized by homogeneity or lack of originality; conformist, unimaginative, generic.