borderline

Plural: borderlines

Noun

• a line that indicates a boundary
• A boundary or accepted division; a border.
• Ellipsis of borderline personality disorder.
• A person who has borderline personality disorder.

Adjective Satellite

• of questionable or minimal quality
  • "borderline grades"

Adj

• Nearly; not clearly on one side or the other of a border or boundary, ambiguous.
• Of questionable taste or acceptability; approaching bad taste.
• Exhibiting borderline personality disorder.

Adv

• Nearly; not entirely but nevertheless to a great extent.

Verb

• To border, or border on; to be physically close or conceptually akin to.

Examples

• "He is borderline hypoglycemic and needs to monitor his sugar intake."
• "I expected him to be super boring but he was actually borderline funny!"
• "I would rather hire a talented layman than a university graduate with borderline qualifications."
• "She lives on the borderline between reality and madness."
• "Your borderline remarks about my aunt’s dress destroyed my evening."

Synonyms

border, boundary line, delimitation, marginal, mete

Anagrams of borderline