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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Don't try to reinvent the wheel every week, and especially not during a busy season of life.
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Sarah Scott, Parents, 10 Apr. 2025
Plot-wise, North of North isn’t exactly out to reinvent the wheel.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
Use Established Frameworks: Don’t reinvent the wheel.
—Murugan Lakshmanan, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Instead of leveraging federal efforts to reduce recidivism, state agencies reinvent the wheel, adding unnecessary costs and delaying economic reintegration.
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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Sarah Scott, Parents, 10 Apr. 2025
Plot-wise, North of North isn’t exactly out to reinvent the wheel.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
Use Established Frameworks: Don’t reinvent the wheel.
—Murugan Lakshmanan, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Instead of leveraging federal efforts to reduce recidivism, state agencies reinvent the wheel, adding unnecessary costs and delaying economic reintegration.
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 21 Mar. 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 2 May. 2025.
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