resourcefulness
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4.5
- noun
- /rɪˈsɔrsfəlnəs/
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ingenio
- During the crisis, her resourcefulness helped the team find solutions that others had overlooked.
- creativity and resourcefulness
- resourcefulness and determination
- learned resourcefulness
And so it's about resourcefulness, not resources.
- And so it's about resourcefulness, not resources.
- Like today, I use resiliency and resourcefulness as a superpower in my companies.
- Isn't it sad that we're born with infinite resourcefulness?
- That characteristic, that pluck, that initiative, the resourcefulness was not suffocated by slavery.
- There are no lack of resources, There is only a lack of resourcefulness.
- So it's a matter of saying, is it, is it the external resources or maybe more the internal resourcefulness that we have?
- It's a lack of resourcefulness is why you failed because the ultimate resources are emotional states.
- There's so many beings are helping me to experience whatever balance, well-being and resourcefulness that I'm experiencing.
Examples
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On the home front during these war years, she displayed remarkable resourcefulness and endurance.
Academic text (2006) -
With each change, I developed resourcefulness as I shifted my thinking to a different age level and student population.
Academic text (2014) -
And so it's about resourcefulness, not resources.
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It's never about your background, your resources, and it's always about your resourcefulness and your willingness to do it.
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Your courage and resourcefulness are a credit to the nation.
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Those of you who knew her understood her strength, her tenacity, her resourcefulness.
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Yet through a combination of resourcefulness and improved funding, Connecticut courts are faring better now.
Academic text (1994) -
Her self-confidence, resourcefulness, and energy are also qualities that contemporary puff pieces about female stars often praise.
Academic text (2016) -
The realization of such initiatives will demand leadership characterized by creativity, resourcefulness, and persistence.
Academic text (2006) -
Citizens of Titusville traced their own prosperity to Drake's hard work, determination, and resourcefulness.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
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4.4
Being able to find good solutions when things are difficult
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8.1
Being brave and using common sense to act and solve problems
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6.2
A calm strength inside a person that helps them in hard times
Antonyms
How Resourceful
Surface Forms
Morphology
resourcefulness = resourceful (transparent) = resource + ful + ness
Formed by adding the productive noun-forming suffix '-ness' to the adjective 'resourceful', which itself is transparently 'resource' + '-ful'.
Etymology
Resourcefulness comes from resource, a word that once meant a 'source of help' or something you can 'turn to' in a problem. So being resourceful is like finding new sources or tools when you need them, which is why resourcefulness means the ability to deal with hard situations in a clever, useful way.