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Meaning of borderline

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

borderline

noun

Definitions

  1. A boundary or accepted division; a border.

    Example: She lives on the borderline between reality and madness.

  2. An individual who has borderline personality disorder.

verb

Definitions

  1. To border, or border on; to be physically close or conceptually akin to.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Nearly; not clearly on one side or the other of a border or boundary, ambiguous.

    Example: I would rather hire a talented layman than a university graduate with borderline qualifications.

  2. Showing bad taste.

    Example: Your borderline remarks about my aunt's dress destroyed my evening.

  3. Exhibiting borderline personality disorder.

adverb

Definitions

  1. Nearly; not entirely but nevertheless to a great extent

    Example: He is borderline hypoglycemic and needs to monitor his sugar intake.