reinvention of the wheel

noun

The act of reinventing the wheel.

Meanings

nounreinvention of the wheel (countable and uncountable, plural reinventions of the wheel or reinventions of wheels)

plural reinventions of the wheel · plural reinventions of wheels

  1. countableuncountableThe act of reinventing the wheel.
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