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Definition no-man’s-land in American English

no-man’s-land noun

[singular/uncountable] noun
1

an area of land that separates two armies

Synonyms and related words
bastion battlefield beachhead
1.1

an area of land between two countries that is not controlled by either of them

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border line boundary
2

a situation that is not easy to deal with because it is not clear what rules or policies are operating

Example

The economy is caught in a no-man's land between the free market and old-style communism.

Synonyms and related words
chaos farce disarray
Definition no-man’s-land in American English