Meanings
comparative more reinventive · superlative most reinventive
- Tending to reinvent.
The city proved remarkably resilient in the face of the Bethlehem Steel closing, said Bridget George, the festival’s executive director, and “as change comes, we have to be as creative and reinventive in our own response to what Bethlehem is and how passionately we feel about it.”
2007 May 7, James Oestreich, “Bach’s Captains and Foot Soldiers of Musical Industry”, in New York Times
Origin
Blend of reinvent + inventive?
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