in-between

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in-between

adjective

Lying between; neither one thing nor the other; intermediary.

noun in-betweens

An interval or intervening time.
Similar: interim
One who intervenes.
Synonym of inbetweener (“a person who or thing that falls between different groups or characteristics”). “They don’t belong anywhere. Colored folks won’t have ‘em because they’re half white; white folks won’t have ’em cause they’re colored, so they’re just inbetweens, don’t belong anywhere.[…]”
Similar: inbetweener

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adj Lying between

Deutsch	dazwischenliegend
Русский	перехо́дный perexódnyj, промежу́точный promežútočnyj
العربية	بَيْنَ بَيْنَ bayna bayna

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@misc{in_between_2026,
  title = {in-between},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/in-between},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}