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borderline

noun

Meaning

  1. A boundary or accepted division; a border.
  2. An individual who has borderline personality disorder.
  3. To border, or border on; to be physically close or conceptually akin to.
  4. Nearly; not clearly on one side or the other of a border or boundary, ambiguous.
  5. Showing bad taste.
  6. Exhibiting borderline personality disorder.
  7. Nearly; not entirely but nevertheless to a great extent

Etymology / origin

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Related words

delimitation(English)minimal(English)minimum(English)border(English)marginal(English)boundary line(English)distinction(English)separating(English)histrionic(English)schizoid(English)narcissistic(English)subarctic(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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