ingenious solution

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meaningsofingeniousandsolution

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ingenious
adjective
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/ɪnˈdʒiː.ni.əs/us
/ɪnˈdʒiː.ni.əs/
(of a person) very intelligent and skilful, or (of a thing) skilfully made or planned and involving new ideas ...
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solution
noun
uk
/səˈluː.ʃən/us
/səˈluː.ʃən/
the answer to ...
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(Definition ofingeniousandsolutionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Indeed, in many respects, it represents aningenioussolutionto an intractable problem.
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I am interested in theingenioussolutionthat has been found.
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He found a very happy andingenioussolution.
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This was aningenioussolutionof the problem, but it would not be wholly satisfactory.
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My noble friend has come up with aningenioussolution.
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We find the mostingenioussolutionto the question of premises.
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It is a quiteingenioussolution, if only it amounted to some worthwhile sum.
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This seems to be aningenioussolutionto a terrifying important problem, despite any faults in its presentation.
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I regard that as aningenioussolution.
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It provides aningenioussolutionto the problem and, however honest they may be, people with curious ideas cannot get round the legislation by claiming to be religious.
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It was aningenioussolution, however setting proved delicate and complicated, not to mention adding extra weight to the gears.
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Symbian features aningenioussolutionto that problem.
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Both girls, being quite clever, came up quickly with aningenioussolution.
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It also serves as aningenioussolutionto a knotty architectural problem.
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Cries of joy followed by hearty thumps on his back acknowledged hisingenioussolutionto their dilemma.
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Pittendrigh found aningenioussolutionto controlling the mosquito population.
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Bernini'singenioussolutionwas to create a piazza in two sections.
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Instead of giving permission for green-belt development, we must apply pressure to encourage architects and developers to find ingenious solutions in town centres.
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Our scientists and engineers are the best lateral thinkers in the world in devising innovations and ingenious solutions to problems.
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One can think of all kinds of ingenious solutions under this heading.
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