inventiveness
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| —adj | |
| 1. | skilled or quick at contriving; ingenious; resourceful |
| 2. | characterized by inventive skill: an inventive programme of work |
| 3. | of or relating to invention |
| in'ventively | |
| —adv | |
| in'ventiveness | |
| —n | |
| inventive (ɪnˈvɛntɪv) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | skilled or quick at contriving; ingenious; resourceful |
| 2. | characterized by inventive skill: an inventive programme of work |
| 3. | of or relating to invention |
| in'ventively | |
| —adv | |
| in'ventiveness | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
However, there are also ways in which they could be done which stimulate innovation and reward inventiveness and originality.
Canned foods can be made tasty with a little inventiveness.
If the technology doesn't flop, human inventiveness will doubtless come up with even more creative applications.
Yet often the same condition eventually ruins their inventiveness and their lives.
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