one-time

/ˈwʌntaɪm/ adjective [always before noun]

Definition

› A one-time position or job is one that you had or did in the past, but not now: a one-time friend/minister

(Definition of one-time adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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