AskDefine | Define borderline

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borderline adj : of questionable or minimal quality; "borderline grades"; "marginal writing ability" [syn: marginal] n : a line that indicates a boundary [syn: boundary line, border, delimitation, mete]

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English

Adjective

  1. nearly; not clearly on one side or the other of a border or boundary, ambiguous
    He is borderline hypoglycemic and needs to monitor his sugar intake.

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Noun

  1. a boundary or accepted division; a border
    She lives on the borderline between reality and madness.

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Borderline may also refer to:

See also

borderline in French: Borderline
borderline in Italian: Borderline
borderline in Japanese: ボーダーライン
borderline in Chinese: 边界 (消歧义)

Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words

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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