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ingenuitive

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˌɪnd͡ʒəˈn(j)uːətɪv/

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adj

Meaning 1

Possessing ingenuity; ingenious.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: nonstandard

Examples

  • 1999 April 28, Eugene Chiaramonte, “The Auxer Group, Inc. Announces the Acquisition of Hardyston Distributors”, Business Wire, Business Wire Newswire "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...."
  • 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 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.
  • 2015, Lin Manuel Miranda, Hamilton, Act I, “Guns and Ships” 'Cause he knows what to do in the trench, ingenuitive, and fluent in French,'

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English ingenuity Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English ingenuitive From ingenuity + -ive.