ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
Etymology: no man's (gen. of no man ) + land
1.
a. : an area of unowned, unclaimed, or uninhabited land
a no-man's-land of bottomlands and islands aggregating up to forty square miles — N.Y.Times
many metropolitan areas will become a kind of no-man's-land should they become heavily contaminated — R.E.Lapp
staring down into a no-man's-land where once had stood busy streets — S.P.B.Mais
b. : a belt of ground between the most advanced elements of opposing armies : an area in a theater of operations not controlled by either side
2. : an area of anomalous, ambiguous, or indefinite character
lived in a no-man's-land between slavery and freedom — World
the no-man's-land between political theory, theology, and political history — Richard Mayne
the no-man's-land that was neither wholly good nor wholly evil — Nigel Dennis