unhackneyed
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unhackneyed (not comparable)
- Unpractised, inexperienced.
- 1775, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Rivals, I.2:
- Unused to the fopperies of love, he is negligent of the little duties expected from a lover. But, being unhackneyed in the passion, his affection is ardent and sincere […] .
- 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 276:
- A very short time served to prove how worthy he was both of their love and esteem; the manly sincerity, the professional simplicity and openness of his heart, with the sweetness of his cheerful temper, and that novel way of looking at the world peculiar to the noble-spirited and unhackneyed seaman, rendered him equally dear and delightful to all around him.
- Not worn-out through overuse; not hackneyed.
- 1960 August, “New Reading on Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 512:
- UNUSUAL LOCOMOTIVES. By E. F. Carter. Frederick Muller Ltd. 21s. [...] This book is particularly disappointing as this is an un-hackneyed subject upon which a reliable book would be most welcome.