Definitions
Wiktionary
- v. To redo work unnecessarily when it has already been done satisfactorily; to rethink an already working system, technique, etc. in a needless attempt to improve it.
Examples
“And thus, many a prudent, penny-watching business person will decide to remain ignorant, content to reinvent the wheel rather than going to the experts.”
“Sometimes we try to reinvent the wheel when the wheel’s rolling just fine—the conventional wisdom about eating less and moving more really works!”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘reinvent the wheel’.
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Dumbisms
Words and phrases I don't like. They are dumb.
re-look, good to go, reinvent the wheel, do what, ducks in a row, re-up, twofer, irregardless, repurpose, ballyhoo, bells and whistles, webinar and 53 more...
gangerh thtownse, you would surely prefer the phrase 're-invent the vandanbladderstiddle'. Mar 19, 2008
thtownse One of the things I enjoy about this dum cliche is that considering the degree of communication that must have existed between pre-pre-prehistoric societies, which was basically no communication, the wheel itself was surely reinvented many times. Dec 2, 2007