twilight zone (n)
no man's land (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 07
def the ambiguous region between two categories or states or conditions (usually containing some features of both)
examples but there is still a twilight zone, the tantalizing occurrences that are probably noise but might possibly be a signal
in the twilight zone between humor and vulgarity
in that no man's land between negotiation and aggression
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Hypernym ambiguity, equivocalness
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Hyponym ambiguity, equivocalness

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