Meaning & use
resourcefulness
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The quality of being able to find quick and clever ways to overcome difficulties.
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Her resourcefulness helped the team improvise a solution when the equipment failed.
Surviving alone in the wilderness required constant resourcefulness.
A note on using this word
Often cited as a key trait in survival situations, entrepreneurship, and crisis management.
Words with a similar meaning
ingenuityinventiveness
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Words with an opposite meaning
helplessness
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