bleading edge

noun

At the forefront of practice or technology.

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Meanings

nounbleading edge (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableAt the forefront of practice or technology.

    The objectives of this chapter are to reveal some "bleading edge" aspects of accounting and billing strategies...

    2009, Malgorzata Pankowska, Infonomics for Distributed Business and Decision-Making Environments, page 178

Origin

*Blend of leading edge + bleeding edge

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