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outinnovate en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English innovate English outinnovate From out- + innovate.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To innovate better than another.
   • Microsoft has carefully cultivated an image of being an outfit that outthinks and outinnovates rivals. 2004 October 15, Charles Cooper, “Microsoft: The reality behind the image”, in CNET, archived from the original on 13 Nov 2025:
   • “We have the most sophisticated semiconductors in the world. China doesn’t,” she continued. We’ve outinnovated China.” 2024 April 21, Nick Robertson, quoting Gina Raimondo, “Gina Raimondo says ‘we’ve outinnovated China’ amid chips war”, in The Hill, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2024:
   • Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates argued that the United States should be willing to “outinnovate” foreign adversaries in the nuclear energy sector. 2024 June 16, Lauren Irwin, “Bill Gates says US must be willing to ‘outinnovate’ foreign competitors in nuclear energy”, in The Hill, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2024:
   • Those overall numbers are in line with Schumer's year-old plan to make NSF the spearpoint of a massive federal investment in research aimed at outinnovating China. 2021 May 28, Jeffrey Mervis, “Biden backs new NSF tech directorate, but Senate balks”, in Science, archived from the original on 21 Dec 2024:
   • The most successful companies even use recession years to outinnovate competitors by acquiring companies at lower multiples, poaching critical talent, and investing in intellectual property and R&D; downturns that trigger large-scale layoffs in the technology sector also offer ER&D companies an opportunity to hire much-needed talent. 2023 April 12, Daniel Suter, Bill Radzevych, Neil Malik, Sudheer Narayan, and Jessica Port, “The Innovation Race: Winners Are Investing Now”, in Bain & Company, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2025:

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