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reinvent the wheel
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(jargon)reinvent the wheel - To design or implement a tool equivalent to an existing one or part of one, with the implication that doing so is silly or a waste of time. This is often a valid criticism. On the other hand, automobiles don't use wooden rollers, and some kinds of wheel have to be reinvented many times before you get them right. On the third hand, people reinventing the wheel do tend to come up with the moral equivalent of a trapezoid with an offset axle.


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Being part of the Bell family allows NorthernTel access to Bell suppliers that perform the research and development for software application; thus, taking advantage of what is already out there instead of reinventing the wheel.
NorthernTel building IT solutions by Larmour, Adelle / Northern Ontario Business
Holofcener isn't reinventing the wheel here, simply putting some pretty talented actresses in some occasionally interesting situations and letting them run loose.
AN UNDEMANDING GROUP OF 'FRIENDS' by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Shortcuts often result in merely reinventing the wheel.
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