(something)-adjacent

Close to or sharing some characteristics or values with the stated quality or thing without actually being it or fully encompassing it. Calling allies "gay-adjacent" is usually meant as a compliment. Do they realize that calling the headmaster's remarks "racist-adjacent" does not make them suddenly OK?

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

See also:

if it looks like a duck and walks like a duck, it is a duck
in common
in common (with someone or something)
in common with somebody/something
somewhere between
Middle America
out of keeping
out of keeping with (something)
one big happy family
have in common

词组	(something)-adjacent
释义	(something)-adjacent (something)-adjacent Close to or sharing some characteristics or values with the stated quality or thing without actually being it or fully encompassing it. Calling allies "gay-adjacent" is usually meant as a compliment. Do they realize that calling the headmaster's remarks "racist-adjacent" does not make them suddenly OK? Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: if it looks like a duck and walks like a duck, it is a duck in common in common (with someone or something) in common with somebody/something somewhere between Middle America out of keeping out of keeping with (something) one big happy family have in common
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