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ingenious | innovation |

As an adjective ingenious

is displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent.

As a noun innovation is

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ingenious

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Alternative forms

* engenious

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent.
  • This fellow is ingenious ; he fixed a problem I didn't even know I had.
  • Characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived.
  • That is an ingenious model of the atom.
  • Witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious.
  • He sent me an ingenious reply for an email.

    Usage notes

    Do not confuse with ingenuous.

    Synonyms

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    innovation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of innovating; the introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.
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  • , volume=189, issue=2, page=10, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= US rules human genes can't be patented , passage=The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation .}}
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  • A change effected by innovating; a change in customs;
  • Something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites.
  • A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses.