reinvents the wheel

A form of reinvent the wheel — 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.

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Meanings

verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of reinvent the wheel
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