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ingenuity

noun

in·​ge·​nu·​i·​ty ˌin-jə-ˈnü-ə-tē How to pronounce ingenuity (audio)
-ˈnyü-
plural ingenuities
1
a
: skill or cleverness in devising or combining : inventiveness
b
: cleverness or aptness of design or contrivance
2
: an ingenious device or contrivance
3
obsolete : candor, ingenuousness

Example Sentences

She showed amazing ingenuity in finding ways to cut costs. It will take considerable ingenuity to fix these problems.
Recent Examples on the Web Success now requires not only software ingenuity but also industry expertise. Allison Schrager, WSJ, 11 Sep. 2022 The Imagineering Story highlights the corporate drama, the engineering ingenuity, and, most importantly, the creative collaboration that shaped the Disney Parks into global behemoths. Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 8 Sep. 2022 Aside from discovering ingenuity in uncharted territory, Ruth also owes much of his inspiration to his seven-year-old son, who inspires him to continue forging a positive path for future generations. Town & Country, 7 Sep. 2022 Bloom has a tendency to disguise indecision as ingenuity. Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2022 Hamaguchi has plotted this story with great precision and ingenuity, and that precision miraculously deepens, rather than cheapens, the lost history that passes between these two women. Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2021 In San Diego, produce that would otherwise be wasted is making its way to people who may otherwise have none, through an organization that shows the power of cooperation and ingenuity to multiply helping hands. Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Aug. 2022 But no amount of evolutionary ingenuity could replace the biomass of the Aral. Henry Wismayer, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2022 But no amount of evolutionary ingenuity could replace the biomass of the Aral. Henry Wismayer, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1592, in the meaning defined at sense 3

Time Traveler
The first known use of ingenuity was circa 1592

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