fringy

American  

[frinj-ee] / ˈfrɪndʒ i /

adjective

fringier, fringiest

1. resembling, covered with, or having fringe.

2. somewhat marginal, peripheral, or fringe.

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Other Word Forms

• fringiness noun

Example Sentences

When Wiener started pushing Yimby policies about 15 years ago, many of his ideas were unpopular and fringy.

From The Wall Street Journal

Still, all fringy teams at this juncture — including the Mariners — need to do deep soul-searching and decide whether they’re chasing a realistic goal or a pipe dream.

From Seattle Times

But when I asked Chalmers about the omission of quantum theories of consciousness, he informed me that they were too fringy for this conference.

From Scientific American

If quantum-mind theories are fringy, quantum psychiatry is the fringe of the fringe.

From Scientific American

She added that the Education Not Indoctrination slate was “a little fringy.”

From Washington Post