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Borderline

noun
Word Frequency: 2.6

Definitions

1.nounA boundary or accepted division; a border.
"She lives on the borderline between reality and madness."
2.nounAn individual who has borderline personality disorder.
3.verbTo border, or border on; to be physically close or conceptually akin to.
4.adjectiveNearly; not clearly on one side or the other of a border or boundary, ambiguous.
"I would rather hire a talented layman than a university graduate with borderline qualifications."
5.adjectiveShowing bad taste.
"Your borderline remarks about my aunt's dress destroyed my evening."
6.adjectiveExhibiting borderline personality disorder.
7.adverbNearly; not entirely but nevertheless to a great extent
"He is borderline hypoglycemic and needs to monitor his sugar intake."

Synonyms

delimitationminimalminimumbordermarginalboundary linedistinctionseparatinglimitedlimitationlimitingmarginalized

Rhymes With

saccharinemalignasininebyzantinebenignsupinewhinedecline
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