Resourcefulness is skill at finding a way through with what you have. Sheer resourcefulness, praised for her resourcefulness, resourcefulness under pressure.
It is admired most where resources are fewest, and it is the quality every survival story turns on. It is about improvising rather than planning, which is why it cannot really be taught in advance.
1nounresourcefulnessSkill at finding a way through with what you have.
“With only a knife and some string, his resourcefulness kept them alive in the wild.”
resourcefulness is a quality.
From resourceful + -ness.
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