borderline

== English == === Alternative forms === border-line === Etymology === From border +‎ line. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈboɹ.dɚˌlaɪn/ === Adjective === borderline (comparative more borderline, superlative most borderline) Nearly; not clearly on one side or the other of a border or boundary, ambiguous. Of questionable taste or acceptability; approaching bad taste. Exhibiting borderline personality disorder. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === borderline (not comparable) Nearly; not entirely but nevertheless to a great extent. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === borderline (plural borderlines) (countable) A boundary or accepted division; a border. (uncountable) Ellipsis of borderline personality disorder. (countable) A person who has borderline personality disorder. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === borderline (third-person singular simple present borderlines, present participle borderlining, simple past and past participle borderlined) (transitive) To border, or border on; to be physically close or conceptually akin to. ==== Translations ==== == Spanish == === Noun === borderline m or f by sense (plural borderlines) (colloquial) someone with borderline personality disorder