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bring something new to an environment- Apple is considered one of the most innovative companies.
innovative = introducing things that are new and different
(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.)
- We need fresh ideas and innovative solutions.
- Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.Steve Jobs (co-founder & CEO of Apple)
- The Commerce Secretary said the budget puts American entrepreneurs and workers in prime position to innovate and create wealth for their businesses, their families and their nation.
- While some critics saw it as a boldly innovative departure, others ... called the collection a failure.Nicole Krauss -- The History of Love
- [He was] responsible for an innovative school recycling program now implemented in districts around the country,Sarah Dessen -- The Truth About Forever
- In the manufacturing realm, they had a hundred and fifty people, and they worked closely together and there was peer pressure about how to be the best and how to be the most innovative.Malcolm Gladwell -- The Tipping Point
- Thomas helped Newt distribute the weapons, and even more innovative ones were created in their desperation to be prepared for the Grievers.James Dashner -- The Maze Runner
- Which gape and rub the elbow at the news
Of hurlyburly innovation.William Shakespeare -- Henry IV, Part 1 - "Melisma," Owen said after a moment, "is innovative and textured."Sarah Dessen -- Just Listen
- ...no one has any really innovative thoughts.Suzanne Collins -- Mockingjay
- But the business about the mistakes I never heard before. That is something new. That is Reb Saunders' innovation.Chaim Potok -- The Chosen
- I think their inhibition comes by the means of the late innovation.William Shakespeare -- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- behold, what innovation it makes here:William Shakespeare -- Othello, the Moor of Venice
- Buxom lasses, almost as antiquated as their mothers, excepting where a straw hat, a fine ribbon, or perhaps a white frock, gave symptoms of city innovation.Washington Irving -- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- Because the innovator has for enemies all those who have done well under the old conditions, and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under the new.Nicolo Machiavelli -- The Prince
- He ran on a platform of improving the school system, fighting illiteracy, and trying to find innovative solutions to the metastasizing drug trade that was poisoning life in major areas of the city.Wes Moore -- The Other Wes Moore
- Candor does not provide us with protection, sustenance, or technological innovation.Veronica Roth -- Insurgent
- Innovate or perish.
- Her only innovation was painting the pine table a black and orange rather shocking to the Thanatopsis.Sinclair Lewis -- Main Street
innovative = new and different
(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.)
innovative = introducing things that are new and different
(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.)
innovative = new and different
(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.)
innovative = able to develop good, new ideas
(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.)
innovative = new and different
(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.)
innovation = change (something new brought to the environment)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
innovative = new and different
(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.)
innovative = new and creative
(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.)
innovation = introduction of something that is new and different
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
innovation = change made by the introduction of something new
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
innovation = change made by the introduction of something new
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
innovation = change made by the introduction of something new
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
innovator = someone who brings something new to an environment
innovative = new and different
(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.)
innovation = things that are new
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
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