Unhackneyed
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Unhackneyed is an adjective meaning Unpractised, inexperienced.
Meaning
Unpractised, inexperienced.
More Meanings
- Not worn-out through overuse; not hackneyed.
Example Sentences
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.
Unus'd to the foppery of love, he is negligent of the little duties expected from a lover—but being unhackney'd in the paſſion, his affection is ardent and ſincere; and as it engroſſes his vvhole ſoul, he expects every thought and emotion of his miſtreſs to move in uniſon vvith his.
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.
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Related dictionary entries include unpracticed, untraded, unversed, unpractised, unseen, unexperienced.
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