Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reinventing the wheel

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables: rein-vent-ing the wheel
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The action of taking the effort to devise a solution to a problem, unaware of the fact that someone else has already devised the same solution to the same problem.

Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of reinvent the wheel.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does reinventing the wheel mean?: The action of taking the effort to devise a solution to a problem, unaware of the fact that someone else has already devised the same solution to the same problem.

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