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reinvent the wheel
reinvent the wheelTo do something in a wholly and drastically new way, often unnecessarily. (Usually used in negative constructions.) The film doesn't reinvent the wheel for action films, but it adds enough clever twists on the genre to still feel fresh and new. The company is often criticized for trying to reinvent the wheel every time they bring a new product to market, adding gimmicks and innovations nobody wanted or asked for.See also: reinvent, wheelreinvent the wheelFig. to make unnecessary or redundant preparations. You don't need to reinvent the wheel. Read up on what others have done. I don't have to reinvent the wheel, but I will be cautious before I act.See also: reinvent, wheelreinvent the wheelDo something again, from the beginning, especially in a needless or inefficient effort, as in School committees need not reinvent the wheel every time they try to improve the curriculum. This expression alludes to the invention of a simple but very important device that requires no improvement. [Second half of 1900s] See also: reinvent, wheelreinvent the wheel If someone reinvents the wheel, they develop an idea or project that they consider new or different, when it is really no better than something that already exists. To avoid reinventing the wheel, it is important that managers are familiar with established research findings in this area. The problem is that they tend to reinvent the wheel each time they are called upon to respond to a new refugee emergency.See also: reinvent, wheelreinvent the wheel waste a great deal of time or effort in creating something that already exists or doing something that has already been done.See also: reinvent, wheelreinvent the ˈwheel waste time creating something that already exists and works well: There’s no point in us reinventing the wheel. Why can’t we just leave things as they are?See also: reinvent, wheelreinvent the wheel tv. to make unnecessary or redundant preparations. You don’t need to reinvent the wheel. Read up on what others have done. See also: reinvent, wheel reinvent the wheel To do or make something again, from the beginning, especially in a needless or inefficient effort.See also: reinvent, wheelreinvent the wheel, toTo belabor the obvious; to start again from the beginning when there is no need to. This Americanism dates from the second half of the twentieth century and most likely originated in business or industry. “‘The new compiler here is no different from the old one,’ said a Defense Department spokesman. ‘Let’s not reinvent the wheel’” (Boston Herald, 1984).See also: reinventreinvent the wheel
reinvent the wheel (jargon)To design or implement a tool equivalent to anexisting one or part of one, with the implication that doingso is silly or a waste of time. This is often a validcriticism. On the other hand, automobiles don't use woodenrollers, and some kinds of wheel have to be reinvented manytimes before you get them right. On the third hand, peoplereinventing the wheel do tend to come up with the moralequivalent of a trapezoid with an offset axle. |