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   In·ven·tive

   /inˈven(t)iv/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person) having the ability to create or design new things or to think originally: "she is the most inventive painter around"
   • ▪ (of a product, process, action, etc.) showing creativity or original thought: "methods of communication during the war were diverse and inventive" Similar creativeoriginalinnovationalinnovativeimaginativefertileingeniousresourcefulartisticinspiredgiftedtalentedvirtuosoaccomplishedmasterlyskillfulcleverinformal:geniusoriginalinnovativeunusualfreshnovelnewexperimentaloffbeatquirkyavant gardeforward-lookinggroundbreakingunfamiliarunorthodoxunconventionalalternativefringeleft-fieldOpposite unimaginativeuninventivehackneyed

   Word Origin late Middle English: from French inventif, -ive or medieval Latin inventivus, from Latin invenire ‘discover’ (see invent).

   Derivatives

   • 1. inventively adverb

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