The foibles of the eccentric inventor, so often trotted out, have long been cold comfort to the kind of person so mechanically inept and lacking in engineering ingenuity as to suffer countless failures before finally perfecting a method for removing the shrink-wrap on the package from Amazon without destroying the book.
Barry Walters of Rolling Stone found it lacking in replay value, ingenuity, and rhythm of the single with "generic vocal hiccups and frills" of US R&B inflecting upon her "Caribbean charm".
While the first "Happy Death Day" was a delightful surprise – full of heart and ingenuity, if lacking in gore – its sequel feels like nearly as much of a revelation.
Nor are self-builds always lacking in skill: architects and engineers visiting favelas in Brazil have been astonished by the economy and ingenuity of the concrete structures.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine has found Jackson's consistent inclusion of sex in her music lacking ingenuity, especially in comparisons to other artists such as Prince, stating "while sex indisputably fuels much great pop music, it isn't an inherently fascinating topic for pop music as with anything, it all depends on the artist".
Glenn Roberts, the owner of Anson Mills in Columbia, S.C., and a leading proponent of artisan grain-growers, said that what the budding movement lacks in capacity, it compensates for in ingenuity.
Philosophers have not lacked ingenuity in devising answers to this question.
Both teams lacked the ingenuity in midfield to break down the opposing defense.
What they lacked in education and resources they made up for in ambition, ingenuity, adaptability, and an outsized appetite for risk.
The Seattle Times gave House three out of four stars, stating that what the film "lacks in technical wizardry it more than makes up for in playful ingenuity, injecting cheesy effects into outrageously stylized set pieces".
