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not invented here

not invented here adjective: invented outside one's own organization (referring to the knee-jerk dismissal of products, technologies, etc. that come from third parties).

Adjective

not invented here (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) Invented outside one's own organization (referring to the knee-jerk dismissal of products, technologies, etc. that come from third parties).
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not invented here meaning in Tamil

not invented here in Tamil

இங்கு கண்டுபிடிக்கப் படவில்லை

Synonyms of not invented here

Questions about not invented here

What does not invented here mean?
Not invented here means invented outside one's own organization (referring to the knee-jerk dismissal of products, technologies, etc. that come from third parties).
What is not invented here in Tamil?
Not invented here in Tamil is இங்கு கண்டுபிடிக்கப் படவில்லை. See Not invented here meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is not invented here?
Not invented here is an adjective.

Words near not invented here in the dictionary

  1. not in a million years
  2. not in Kansas any more
  3. not in Kansas anymore
  4. not in the least
  5. not in the slightest
  6. not invented here
  7. not just a pretty face
  8. not just another pretty face
  9. not know one is born
  10. not know what hit one
  11. not know what one is missing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: not invented here (page history and authors); not invented here (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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