bleeding edge

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bleeding edge

/ˈbliː.dɪŋ ɛd͡ʒ/ Canada, US, UK
/ˈbliː.dɪŋ ed͡ʒ/ Australia
[ˈblɪi.dɪŋ ed͡ʒ] Australia

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Blend of bleed + leading edge, and metaphorically alluding to the cutting edge (“forefront or position of greatest advancement in some field”) as a double-edged sword.

noun bleeding edges · bleeding-edge

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

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noun something too new and untested to be reliable

Español	vanguardia precaria

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@misc{bleeding_edge_2026,
  title = {bleeding edge},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bleeding%20edge},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}