Definition of resourceful
:able to meet situations :capable of devising ways and means
- a resourceful leader
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Even Microsoft and BlackBerry, two of the most resourceful companies of recent times, both exited the phone business in recent years.
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Resourceful: A palette made up of complementary blue and orange colors.
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A giant in his party, a great advocate for socialism, a resourceful debater . .
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Mrs. Snee was a confident, resourceful, caring and dedicated professional who developed a very effective media program.
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Growing up on the South Side taught me to be resourceful, to value the ideals of community, and to have a positive outlook in the worst of situations.
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However, the resourceful Tony Pulis is now making headway this summer to inject more youth and pace into his solid but at times, slow outfit.
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Participants will compete for prizes, including most patriotic, best representation of the fair's theme and most resourceful — a prize given to the fair employee group that spends no money and yet comes up with some amazing decorations, Feisst said.
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The underfunded but resourceful Kiwis claimed the oldest trophy in international sports with another dominating light-air sprint around the Great Sound aboard their fast, 50-foot foiling catamaran.
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First Known Use of resourceful
1851
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