reinvent the wheel
verb/ˌɹiːɪnˌvɛnt ðə ˈ(h)wiːl/US
Definitions
To do work unnecessarily when it has already been done satisfactorily by others
To do work unnecessarily when it has already been done satisfactorily by others; to attempt to devise a solution to a problem when a solution already exists.
- The trading of information so that people need not reinvent the wheel.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for reinvent the wheel. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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