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/ˈboɹ.dɚˌlaɪn/ · adjective
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.
It recalls the business case for Scotland's reopening of the Borders Railway to Tweedbank, that British Rail closed in 1969. The review says the business case for this was at best borderline, but goes on to say that the case greatly underestimated passenger demand and that the railway Scotland built has capped its capacity.
Your borderline remarks about my aunt’s dress destroyed my evening.
She clearly has borderline and narcissistic features and she meets the criteria for a rapid cycling bipolar disorder, as well as for a generalized anxiety disorder. She has a severe binge eating disorder and has gained 65 pounds since[…]
He is borderline hypoglycemic and needs to monitor his sugar intake.
I expected him to be super boring but he was actually borderline funny!
She lives on the borderline between reality and madness.
Elbow deep inside the borderline Show me that you love me and that we belong together Shoulder deep within the borderline Relax, turn around and take my hand
Use borderline when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Borderline means Nearly; not clearly on one side or the other of a border or boundary, ambiguous..
Common synonyms include marginal, border, minimal, minimum.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I would rather hire a talented layman than a university graduate with borderline qualifications.
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