bleeding-edge

adjective

Of or pertaining to something, such as technology, which is too new and untested to be reliable or to have any assurance of safety; (in a weakened sense) that represents the latest developments in something.

“As you'd expect from a bleeding-edge tablet, it has plenty of other high-end features as well.”

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Meanings

adjectivebleeding-edge (comparative more bleeding-edge, superlative most bleeding-edge)

comparative more bleeding-edge · superlative most bleeding-edge

  1. idiomaticengineeringOf or pertaining to something, such as technology, which is too new and untested to be reliable or to have any assurance of safety; (in a weakened sense) that represents the latest developments in something.

    As you'd expect from a bleeding-edge tablet, it has plenty of other high-end features as well.

nounbleeding-edge (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of bleeding edge.

Translations

Polish bardzo nowoczesny
  • bardzo nowoczesnypertaining to something too new and untested to be reliable
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APA

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Chicago

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