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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According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.

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