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US
/ˌɪnˈvɛntɪv/
]
[ UK /ɪnvˈɛntɪv/ ]
[ UK /ɪnvˈɛntɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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(used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action
an ingenious device
inventive ceramics
the invention of the knitting frame by another ingenious English clergyman
had an inventive turn of mind
an imaginative use of material
How To Use inventive In A Sentence
- I admire the inventiveness, and while not everything is a raging success, there's a lot to like.
- The drug smugglers used an assortment of inventive packaging to hide their illegal shipments.
- So in the end they could only scrape through 1-0 with a goal by the ever inventive and adroit Dutchman, Dennis Bergkamp.
- Prosecutors and judges will have no difficulty in differentiating between cases, however inventive are those determined to break a democratically enacted law.
- France play with more flair and inventiveness, whereas England are a more disciplined side.
- He was of a mild and cheerful temper, generous to the extent of his means, and of an inventive genius; and his conduct after marriage was irreproachable.
- Fresh ideas, inventive combinations and a lively ambience inform this modern Scottish restaurant famed for giving traditional dishes a vibrant international infusion.
- The atmosphere is decidedly creepy as the increasingly inventive deaths take place against a backdrop of innocent carols, glittering tinsel and good cheer. The Sun
- It is uninventive, unresponsive, unintelligent, uninformed, and unmotivated to succeed.
- They create a musical universe dominated by multiple percussion and underpinned by Mazinho Lima s tirelessly inventive bass guitar.