Meaning & use

ingenuitive

adjective·Advanced

Showing cleverness, resourcefulness, or inventive skill in solving problems.

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Her ingenuitive approach to the broken machine impressed the whole repair team.

The children came up with an ingenuitive way to cross the flooded path.

A note on using this word

'Ingenuitive' is nonstandard; most dictionaries and careful writers prefer 'ingenious' or 'resourceful' instead.

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