ragged edge
Torn fabric border
The ragged edge is the outer limit of control or safety—the point where things might fall apart.
Someone on the ragged edge is barely holding together, whether financially, emotionally, or physically: She was living on the ragged edge after the divorce.
The phrase suggests fraying, like worn fabric about to tear: His nerves were at the ragged edge.
- frayedUnraveled at edges
- precariousDangerously insecure
- fraughtFull of difficulty
- brinkCritical boundary point
- jaggedSharply uneven, notched
serrated · threshold · unstable · uneven · razor thin · vulnerable · cusp · verge · volatile · tenuous · nerve · torn · extreme · boundary · margin · periphery · dangerous · risky
- edgesborder, boundary, brim, brink, perimeter
- page layoutlayout, margin, margins, column width, gutter
- typographyletters, font, calligraphy, font design, sans serif
- formattingitalics, font size, font color, indent, underline
- text errorstypo, misspelling, misprint, spelling mistake, missing letter
- spacingkerning, leading, tracking, letter spacing, word spacing
ragged edgesmooth edge
Continuous unjagged boundary
clean cut · straight edge · crisp edge · beveled edge · razor edge
ragged edgecomfort zone
Psychological ease boundary
stability · equilibrium · safe harbor · composure · even keel
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