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borderline
| borderline case
| borderline intelligence
| borderline schizophrenia
| bordland
| bordlode
borderline
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun borderline has 1 sense
- borderline(n = noun.location) border, boundary line, delimitation, mete - a line that indicates a boundary; Array is a kind of bound, boundary, bounds
has particulars: circuit, circumference, fence line, property line, state boundary, state line, green line, line of control
Adjective borderline has 1 sense
- borderline(s = adj.all) marginal - of questionable or minimal quality; "borderline grades"; "marginal writing ability"
OXFORD DICTIONARY
borderline, n. & adj.
--n.
1 the line dividing two (often extreme) conditions.
2 a line marking a boundary.
--adj.
1 on the borderline.
2 verging on an extreme condition; only just acceptable.
--n.
1 the line dividing two (often extreme) conditions.
2 a line marking a boundary.
--adj.
1 on the borderline.
2 verging on an extreme condition; only just acceptable.
THESAURUS
borderline
ambiguous, bordering, boundary, bounding, coastal, determinant, determinative, determining, dubitable, equivocal, extreme, fringing, frontier, limbic, liminal, limit, limiting, littoral, marginal, open, problematic, rimming, skirting, terminal, threshold, uncertain, unclear, undecided, unsettled
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