BORDERLINE

borderline, marginal

(adjective) of questionable or minimal quality; “borderline grades”; “marginal writing ability”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

borderline (comparative more borderline, superlative most borderline)

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

Showing bad taste.

Exhibiting borderline personality disorder.

Adverb

borderline (not comparable)

nearly; not entirely but nevertheless to a great extent

Noun

borderline (plural borderlines)

A boundary or accepted division; a border.

An individual who has borderline personality disorder.

Verb

borderline (third-person singular simple present borderlines, present participle borderlining, simple past and past participle borderlined)

(transitive) To border, or border on; to be physically close or conceptually akin to.

Source: Wiktionary



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