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resourcefulness

resourcefulness noun: the ability to cope with difficult situations, or unusual problems.

Noun

resourcefulness (usually uncountable, plural resourcefulnesses)

  1. (usually) The ability to cope with difficult situations, or unusual problems.
    • Again he reflected on the efficiency of these people and the ingenuity of the equipment they used. Had M underestimated their resourcefulness?1953, Ian Fleming, “The Crawling of the Skin”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 112

resourcefulness meaning in Tamil and Urdu

resourcefulness in Tamil

திறன்பெற்ற தன்மை, வளமுடைமை

resourcefulness in Urdu

حاضر دماغی, رسائی, سگھڑاپا

Forms of resourcefulness

pluralresourcefulnesses

Origin of resourcefulness

From resourceful + -ness.

Questions about resourcefulness

What does resourcefulness mean?
Resourcefulness means the ability to cope with difficult situations, or unusual problems.
What is resourcefulness in Tamil?
Resourcefulness in Tamil is திறன்பெற்ற தன்மை, வளமுடைமை. See Resourcefulness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is resourcefulness?
Resourcefulness is a noun.
What is the plural of resourcefulness?
The plural of resourcefulness is resourcefulnesses.

Words near resourcefulness in the dictionary

  1. resource pig
  2. resource pigs
  3. resourced
  4. resourceful
  5. resourcefully
  6. resourcefulness
  7. resourcefulnesses
  8. resourceism
  9. resourceless
  10. resourcelessness
  11. resourcement

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Adapted from Wiktionary: resourcefulness (page history and authors); resourcefulness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); resourcefulness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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