reinvent the wheel
idiom
informal
: to waste time trying to do something that has already been done successfully by someone else
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However, designers didn’t fully reinvent the wheel, instead making small yet noticeable tweaks to freshen up the silhouette, such as leaning into of-the-moment hues (hello, butter yellow) and details like metal adornments.
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Kelsey Stewart, refinery29.com, 8 July 2025
This leads to delays in problem resolution, as employees must either spend hours searching for relevant information or reinvent the wheel entirely each time a problem is encountered.
—Andreas Eschbach, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
Prompt Master doesn’t reinvent the wheel; similar functionality is available in Logitech's software utility.
—PC Magazine, 11 June 2025
But lawmakers want to reinvent the wheel as mass transit in the six-county region faces a looming fiscal cliff, something that happens a lot across the Land of Lincoln whenever money is in the mix.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
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Kelsey Stewart, refinery29.com, 8 July 2025
This leads to delays in problem resolution, as employees must either spend hours searching for relevant information or reinvent the wheel entirely each time a problem is encountered.
—Andreas Eschbach, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
Prompt Master doesn’t reinvent the wheel; similar functionality is available in Logitech's software utility.
—PC Magazine, 11 June 2025
But lawmakers want to reinvent the wheel as mass transit in the six-county region faces a looming fiscal cliff, something that happens a lot across the Land of Lincoln whenever money is in the mix.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for reinvent the wheel
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“Reinvent the wheel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reinvent%20the%20wheel. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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