borderline
Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).
Synonyms: border line, borderland, bordering, borderlines
Antonyms: border line, borderland, bordering, borderlines
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Adjective
- [[nearly|Nearly]]; not clearly on one side or the other of a [[border]] or [[boundary]], [[ambiguous]].
- Of [[questionable]] [[taste]] or [[acceptability]]; [[approaching]] bad taste.
- Exhibiting or characteristic of [[borderline personality disorder]].
Adverb
- [[nearly|Nearly]]; not [[entirely]] but nevertheless to a great extent.
Noun
- {{lb|en|countable}} A [[boundary]] or accepted [[division]]; a [[border]].
- {{lb|en|uncountable}} {{ellipsis of|en|borderline personality disorder}}.
- {{lb|en|countable}} A person who has [[borderline personality disorder]].
Verb
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[border]], or [[border on]]; to be physically close or conceptually akin to.
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