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1
showing a noteworthy use of the imagination and creativity especially in inventing
- inventive electronic games
- inventive ways to use leftovers
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2
having the skill and imagination to create new things
- an inventive youth, he devised an automatic feeding system for his dog
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“Inventive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inventive. Accessed 1 Oct. 2022.
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The first known use of inventive was in the 15th century
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