“Her ingenuous invention won the prize.”
Confusables Entry 455 / 1011 60-second read
Ingenious vs. Ingenuous
Clever versus innocent.
The comparisoni
“Her ingenious invention won the prize.”
The ruleii
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INGENIOUS = clever. INGENUOUS = innocent.
INGENIOUS describes clever invention. INGENUOUS describes naïve honesty. DISINGENUOUS — its opposite — is more familiar.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
IngenIOus = InventIOn. IngenUous = Unspoiled."