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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Adj
Pronunciation: /ˈboɹ.dɚˌlaɪn/

Definition 1:
• Nearly; not clearly on one side or the other of a border or boundary, ambiguous.
Example: I would rather hire a talented layman than a university graduate with borderline qualifications.

Definition 2:
• Of questionable taste or acceptability; approaching bad taste.
Example: Your borderline remarks about my aunt's dress destroyed my evening.

Definition 3:
• Exhibiting or characteristic of borderline personality disorder.
Adv
Pronunciation: /ˈboɹ.dɚˌlaɪn/

Definition 1:
• Nearly; not entirely but nevertheless to a great extent.
Example: He is borderline hypoglycemic and needs to monitor his sugar intake.
Example: I expected him to be super boring but he was actually borderline funny!
Labels: not-comparable
Noun
Pronunciation: /ˈboɹ.dɚˌlaɪn/

Definition 1:
• A boundary or accepted division; a border.
Example: She lives on the borderline between reality and madness.
Labels: countable

Definition 2:
• Ellipsis of borderline personality disorder.
Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable

Definition 3:
• A person who has borderline personality disorder.
Labels: countable
Verb
Pronunciation: /ˈboɹ.dɚˌlaɪn/

Definition 1:
• To border, or border on; to be physically close or conceptually akin to.
Labels: transitive

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/borderline