how to pronounce ingenuity

/ˌɪn.dʒəˈnjuː.ə.ti/

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ingenuity is pronounced in five syllables

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An example use of ingenuity in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… of british ingenuity we'll make do with …”

meanings of ingenuity

noun:

The ability to solve difficult problems, often in original, clever, and inventive ways.
Ingenuousness; honesty, straightforwardness.

ingenuity frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word ingenuity occurs in english on average 3.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics ingenuity can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that ingenuity can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;