adroit
adjectiveSkillful and effective, especially in a difficult situation.
Skillful in action or thought
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Clear all filtersSkillful and effective, especially in a difficult situation.
Skillful in action or thought
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Having considerable wealth or financial resources.
Having considerable wealth
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To assign a share of a resource to a particular purpose.
The assignment or distribution of resources for particular people or purposes.
Something that came earlier and helped shape a later event or development.
Earlier event or development
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Skillful and clever, sometimes in a deceptive or manipulative way.
Skillfully devised
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To regard something as caused by, belonging to, or created by a particular source.
The act of attributing a quality, cause, or responsibility to a particular source.
The distance between what someone hopes to attain and their present resources or circumstances.
Distance between hopes and circumstances
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To regard something as caused by or belonging to someone or something.
The assignment of a work, action, cause, or quality to a particular source.
A collection assembled from several separate sources or pieces.
Collection from several sources
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Lacking the resources needed for basic living, or completely lacking something.
Lacking basic resources
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Concerned with allocating or sharing things among members of a group.
Drawing ideas, styles, or elements from varied sources.
The practice of drawing from varied ideas, styles, or sources.
Using money, time, or other resources efficiently and with little waste.
To issue, flow, or originate from a source.
Money, time, or effort spent for a purpose, or the act of spending it.
Excessive spending or use of resources; also an unusually lavish purchase or display.
Gained directly through personal experience or observation.
Careful to avoid unnecessary spending or waste.
The origin or beginning of something.
To make poor or seriously reduce available resources.
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