brand-new

adjective

ˈbran(d)-ˈnü How to pronounce brand-new (audio)
-ˈnyü
Synonyms of brand-newnext
: conspicuously new and unused
also : recently introduced
a brand-new executive officer

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his car is so well cared for that three years later it still looks brand-new a brand-new disk still in its original packaging
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Internals and performance The chip and the camera in the iPhone Duo are way less interesting than the brand-new hardware and software changes, so apologies if this section feels like an afterthought. — ArsTechnica, 27 Oct. 2026 Italy’s Webuild, Portugal’s Mota-Engil, and Turkey’s İçtaş were picked as the preferred bidders for Zambia’s 515-kilometer brand-new stretch of the Lobito railway. — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2026 Phase two of the improvements will include the installation of a brand-new putting green. — Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026 Maria Edgeworth was quietly tucking lessons on the brand-new field of political economy into her fiction and stories for children. — Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for brand-new

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First Known Use

1570, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of brand-new was in 1570

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“Brand-new.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brand-new. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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brand-new

adjective
ˈbran-ˈn(y)ü
: completely new and unused
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