reinventing

Verb

reinvent (third-person singular simple present reinvents, present participle reinventing, simple past and past participle reinvented)

1. (transitive) To invent again something that has already been invented.
   • A narrative circulates at Mitchell, Hall about a naive young employee who, in his eagerness to be creative, "reinvents the wheel," devoting so many hours reformulating work that has already been done that he drives himself into a nervous breakdown.1993, Marsha Witten, “Narrative and the Culture of Obedience at the Workplace”, in Dennis K. Mumby, editor, Narrative and Social Control: Critical Perspectives (Sage Annual Reviews of Communications...
2. (transitive) To adapt into a different form; to give a new style or image to.
   • He had the ability to reinvent himself as needed.