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bleeding edge

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1. bleeding edge - Noun

2. bleeding edge - Adjective

Meaning

(cartography, printing) The situation produced when the image extends beyond the nominal margin.

(technology, 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 drone technology

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

(technology, idiomatic) 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.

bleeding-edge (uncountable)

Alternative form of bleeding edge.

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All of these things were bleeding-edge at the time, in the early 2000s. Source: Internet

My overall impression from these conversations is that ATSC 3.0 will only appeal to the most bleeding-edge early adopters in 2020. Source: Internet

You’re still getting pretty solid specs (even if it’s not the latest bleeding-edge hardware), and many if not most people keep their phones for several years anyway rather than trading up annually. Source: Internet

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