unhackneyed
- a word derived from hackneyed.
Example Sentences
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As an encore for this unhackneyed recital, Malofeev turned Rachmaninoff’s ultra-hackneyed Prelude in C Minor into something so monumentally thunderous that it nearly overwhelmed all that had come before it.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2025
They are small and tautly composed, with radiant colors and chiseled forms; the word “gems” applies with an unusual, unhackneyed precision.
From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2020
The recital opened with strong, unhackneyed songs by women: Elinor Remick Warren, Lili and Nadia Boulanger, and Amy Beach.
From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2017
Nevertheless they played creditably, excellently, an exacting if not unhackneyed program, which included Liszt's "Les Preludes," Tschaikovsky's Fifth Symphony and the Tannhauser Overture.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Time spent in working on unhackneyed lines will save you many later heartaches.
From Writing the Photoplay by Esenwein, J. Berg (Joseph Berg)