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ingenuitive

/ˌɪnd͡ʒəˈn(j)uːətɪv/

ingenuitive adjective: possessing ingenuity; ingenious.

Adjective

ingenuitive (comparative more ingenuitive, superlative most ingenuitive)

  1. (nonstandard) Possessing ingenuity; ingenious.
    • "Hardyston Distributors is a solid small but growing company. Mr. Ernest DeSaye Jr. is an enthusiastic and ingenuitive individual who has worked extremely hard in developing a nice niche in the marketplace...."1999 April 28, Eugene Chiaramonte, “The Auxer Group, Inc. Announces the Acquisition of Hardyston Distributors”, Business Wire, Business Wire Newswire
    • First, hip hop originated in the ghettos as a cheap and ingenuitive means of entertainment: it was the instrumental side of a record...with a guy on a microphone talking to the crowd.2003 June 1, Ben Connor, ‘Good Buddha & tzu: "middle-class wiggers from the underside". (Peer Reviewed Paper)’, Youth Studies Australia, Australian Clearing House for Youth Studies

Examples of ingenuitive in a sentence

  • The local building restrictions, and existing site conditions, ...are not available to allow for ingenuitive or passive design features2003 August, Sue Roaf, Ecohouse 2, Architectural Press, page 377:
  • The ingenuitive men soon found a large archway leading to the outside of the cave.2004 November, Cristian Macavei, A Series of Robbing Thieves, Virtualbookworm Publishing, page 180:
  • Not to be overly ingenuitive, but “him” is exactly, verbally equidistant between “baby” and “John”2006 February, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-paper, Ohio University Press, page 111:

Forms of ingenuitive

comparativemore ingenuitive
superlativemost ingenuitive

Origin of ingenuitive

From ingenuity + -ive.

Questions about ingenuitive

What does ingenuitive mean?
Ingenuitive means possessing ingenuity; ingenious.
How do you use ingenuitive in a sentence?
The local building restrictions, and existing site conditions, ...are not available to allow for ingenuitive or passive design features
What part of speech is ingenuitive?
Ingenuitive is an adjective.
How do you pronounce ingenuitive?
Ingenuitive is pronounced /ˌɪnd͡ʒəˈn(j)uːətɪv/.

Words near ingenuitive in the dictionary

  1. ingenue
  2. ingenues
  3. ingenui
  4. ingenuine
  5. ingenuities
  6. ingenuitive
  7. ingenuitous
  8. ingenuity
  9. ingenuous
  10. ingenuously
  11. ingenuousness

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