second-generation

[ sek-uhnd-jen-uh-rey-shuhn ]

adjective

1. being the second generation of a family to be born in a particular country:

   the oldest son of second-generation Americans.

2. being the native-born child of naturalized parents.
3. being a revised or improved version of a product, system, service, etc.:

   Production has been increased with second-generation robots.

second generation

noun

1. offspring of parents born in a given country

adjective

1. of an improved or refined stage of development in manufacture

   a second-generation robot

Example Sentences

That includes most working-class voters and first- and second-generation Americans.

From Salon

As we saw in the presidential debate during the discussion of Springfield, Ohio, the subject of immigration—first- or second-generation, legal or otherwise—brings out Trump’s weird, nasty core.

From Slate

Yet I didn’t know about the rebellious side of it, and how it helped the 1.5 generation” — those who landed in a new country as a child or adolescent, yet have traits of both first- and second-generation immigrants — “come to terms with their identities.”

From Los Angeles Times

Matt Cooley, a second-generation farmer of walnuts, tomatoes, sunflowers, wheat and alfalfa, decided to grow a few pumpkins for Halloween and sell them by the side of the road.

From Los Angeles Times

A law signed in 2020 put a moratorium on second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides.

From Los Angeles Times