borderline English

Meaning borderline meaning

What does borderline mean?

Definitions in simple English

borderline Adjective

— A borderline case is not clearly in one category or the other. Our clear criteria permit few borderline cases. I'm not sure, but I think what you did is borderline criminal.

borderline

— adjective (= marginal) of questionable or minimal quality borderline grades marginal writing ability

— noun (= boundary line) a line that indicates a boundary

Synonyms borderline synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as borderline?

borderline English » English

boundary

border

frontier

boundary line

marginal

line

mete

equivocal

demarcation line

delimitation

bounds

visible line

venial

uninfluential

unimpressive

unimposing

unimportant

unclear

uncertain

trivial

small-time

small

skeleton line

separatrix

profile

periphery

paltry

outskirts

outline

on the line

object-line

nickel-and-dime

negligible

minor

menial

margin

lowly

low-level

little

limit

lightweight

insignificant

inconsiderable

inconsequential

immaterial

humble

hem

great divide

fringe

form line

Topics borderline topics

What do people use borderline to talk about?

Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Epistemic moods

Uncertain

• What words indicate that two things are equally possible?
  could go either way borderline there's a fifty-fifty chance it's a toss-up

Examples borderline examples

How do I use borderline in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Tom is borderline paranoid.

Movie subtitles

Not completely. Just a borderline case.

The borderline between delusion and reality is very narrow.

I'll bet you there's thousands of people on that borderline right now today, right this moment, steaming and waiting for that opening gun next week.

Was on the very borderline of drama, right?

They're what we call the insectivorous plants. The borderline between the plant and animal kingdoms.

It seems to be in a borderline state between matter and energy, elements of both.

See, we live in a neighborhood that's, you know, borderline.

It's on the borderline.

That's a Greek word for a lot of Southern accents. Who knows? Virginia someplace, one of the borderline states.

It's borderline on the simulator, Captain. I cannot guarantee that she'll hold up.

The Occupied and Free zones. are officially divided by a borderline.

It's borderline on the simulator.

Borderline malnutrition, but no permanent damage.

Each street has its borderline.

Just a borderline case.

That way I can follow the Sonora borderline all the way in.

We poets have no need for drugs to attain the borderline between life and death.

On the contrary, I think he's caught the perfect mood - a borderline psychosis, exactly as we rehearsed.

It seems to be in a borderline state between matter and energy.

You're a borderline case already.

From what Tolima told you, Corba sounds like a borderline psychotic.

We're all borderline cases!

Sheriff, I am willing to admit that my paper has a borderline reputation for mild sensationalism. Mmm.

He's on the borderline.

Listen, right now Danny's grades are borderline.

There's a borderline between them and those who are rich.

It's borderline on the simulator, Captain.

Borderline malnutrition, but I don't think there's any permanent damage.

I live here on the borderline of white and black.

Because 55 points is the borderline, eh?

He was borderline for a while.

And it's borderline abuse.

News and current affairs

There are other troubling borderline cases.

The explanations range from the anthropological to the borderline racist: Indians don't have the genes, the build, the stamina, the climate, whatever.

Indeed, the most interesting economic questions are generally located on the borderline with neighboring disciplines.

Under its stewardship, one of Asia's more promising economies has instead become a borderline failed state, enervated by 17 coups since World War II.

My own work showed that borderline mutations, those with very small positive or negative effects, could be very important in driving evolutionary changes.