different between rechipped vs prechipped

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rechipped

pre- +? chipped

prechipped (comparative more prechipped, superlative most prechipped)

(of consumer goods) Having a piece or pieces broken or flaked off at the time of acquisition.
- 1994, Amy Spindler, "Seeing a City in the Windows of Its Shops", New York Times, 6 March 1994:
  Here are prechipped, prescratched treasures -- medicine chests, porcelain dishes, canisters -- as if we are too impatient today to wear out our belongings ourselves.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:prechipped.
(of a video game console, DVD player, etc.) Coming with a modchip preinstalled.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:prechipped.

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