Meaning of bleeding edge | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The situation produced when the image extends beyond the nominal margin.
2. Something too new and untested to be reliable or to have any assurance of safety; the figurative place where such things exist.
   idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“on the bleeding edge (of something)”

“They would be the creators of strategy, generators of action and the bleeding edge of the church, ever pushing toward the front lines of conflict.”

“A few leading edge (some say "bleeding" edge) users have stepped into the arena and their experiences have helped sharpen our perception of what the electronic office can be.”

“The motion-captured ape characters are the bleeding edge of digital effects, rarely short of impressive.”

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