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ingenuityin‧ge‧nu‧i‧ty /ˌɪndʒəˈnjuːəti $ -ˈnuː-/ noun [uncountable] ADJECTIVE► human· The growth of the deserts Human ingenuity has often confounded the pessimists.· But human ingenuity and intelligence, plus what may amount to an instinct for symbolism, comes to the rescue.· Although well protected against most predators they are no match for human ingenuity.· The other, related mistake is the persistent tendency of Malthusians to underestimate human ingenuity.· The combination of nature, human ingenuity and climate has indeed wrought a landscape which changes at nearly every turn.· The tricks used to disappear people off the registers are a tribute to human ingenuity.· But we aren't testing human ingenuity.· Attempts to reconcile these two decisions have expanded human ingenuity and expended an unconscionable amount of time, effort and paper. VERB► require· A detailed exposition and defence would require considerably more ingenuity and effort.· Turning physical activities into games, especially the ones the child benefits from, requires ingenuity.· The campaign against apprenticeship in 1837-8 required no great dialectical ingenuity or intellectual departures by the abolitionists.· My job running a multimedia facility requires ingenuity and brains. ► use· Failing this, nurses can help by using empathy, ingenuity and miming.· If the ideal course of action is not possible doctors must use their ingenuity to find another. skill at inventing things and thinking of new ideas |