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borderline

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Adjective

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

Adverb

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

Noun

  1. A boundary or accepted division; a border.
  2. A person who has borderline personality disorder.

Verb

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

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