inventive

adj. having the ability to create or design new things or to think of new ideas.

adj. possessing a specific capacity for original thought or the design of new processes and mechanisms.

“The chef is very inventive and always finds new ways to use local vegetables.”

“The engineering team took an inventive approach to the structural challenges, utilizing recycled materials in ways that had never been attempted before.”

adj. connected to the act of making new machines or processes.

adj. pertaining to the formal act or process of devising new mechanisms.

“The company is proud of its long history of inventive success in the electronics industry.”

“The patent office evaluated the inventive step of the application to determine if the technology was truly a novel contribution to the field.”

Technical

adj. describes a story or explanation that is created from the imagination, often to deceive.

adj. purposely fictive or fabricated; often used to describe elaborate excuses or narratives.

“He gave an inventive excuse for why he was late to the meeting.”

“The witness provided an inventive account of the evening's events, though the prosecutor quickly identified several logical inconsistencies in the story.”

Literary · Formal