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Meaning of in-betweeny | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Something in an in-between or intermediate state.

informal

Examples

“I was an in-betweeny, neither one thing nor the other, and though on the one hand it was frustrating and at times even made me feel freakish, there were also many occasions when my situation gave me cause for amusement.”
“He calls her an 'in-betweeny', neither a Taig nor a Prod, and that^([sic]) she should never have tried to be something she is not.”
“A suboptimal outcome usually results when a business vacillates between the two – becoming an 'in-betweeny' – or where there are tensions between key functions, pulling in opposite directions through their allegiance to different strategies.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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