borderline
English
Etymology
Adjective
borderline (comparative more borderline, superlative most borderline)
- nearly; 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.
- Showing bad taste.
- Your borderline remarks about my aunt's dress destroyed my evening.
- Exhibiting borderline personality disorder.
Derived terms
Translations
not clearly on one side or other of a boundary
showing bad taste
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Adverb
borderline (not comparable)
- nearly; not entirely but nevertheless to a great extent
- He is borderline hypoglycemic and needs to monitor his sugar intake.
- I expected him to be super boring but he was actually borderline funny!
Translations
Noun
borderline (plural borderlines)
- A boundary or accepted division; a border.
- She lives on the borderline between reality and madness.
- An individual who has borderline personality disorder.
- 1995, Eugene E. Levitt, Edward Earl Gotts, The Clinical Application of MMPI Special Scales (page 80)
- As an example of their affective profile, borderlines are set apart from passive aggressives by having more marked social anxiety […] and greater sensitivity […]
- 1995, Eugene E. Levitt, Edward Earl Gotts, The Clinical Application of MMPI Special Scales (page 80)
Translations
boundary
Verb
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- (transitive) To border, or border on; to be physically close or conceptually akin to.
Spanish
Noun
borderline m or f (plural borderlines)
- (colloquial) Someone with borderline personality disorder
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