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borderline
[ bawr-der-lahyn ]
adjective
- on or near a border or boundary.
- having an uncertain, indeterminate, or debatable status:
He was a borderline case for admission to the program—please encourage him to apply again next year.
- not quite meeting accepted, expected, or average standards:
Discover specific how-to strategies for turning a borderline student into a confident achiever.
Synonyms: , , ,
- approaching bad taste or obscenity:
He made several borderline remarks that offended them.
noun
- bor·der line.
- a border or boundary:
The town of Tiverton, Rhode Island, rests on the once-disputed Massachusetts borderline.
- a notional dividing line:
Often the borderline between safety and toxicity is very small, and every year thousands of fish die as a consequence of chemical overdosing.
- a person with borderline personality disorder.
borderline
/ ˈɔːəˌɪ /
noun
- a border; dividing line; line of demarcation
- an indeterminate position between two conditions or qualities
the borderline between friendship and love
adjective
- on the edge of one category and verging on another
a borderline failure in the exam
Word History and Origins
Origin of borderline1
Example Sentences
“Rock Candy,” it’s borderline, but at least I’m not making it about some 14-year-old.
So when a driver does a manoeuvre that looks borderline, teams have three options.
“I’m very disciplined with my lifestyle — borderline monk status at this point. Discipline and obedience is like the new rebellion to me.”
Ms Upton believes shops in Bridgnorth were suffering for a number of reasons, including parking fees, and she said: "A lot of them are on the borderline and have just decided enough's enough."
But some of the utterances of the men wind up fans and opposition, while the women were borderline delusional in Australia.
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