adjective, noun
adjective not clearly belonging to a particular condition or group; not clearly acceptable:
In doubtful and borderline cases teachers will take the final decision, based on the student's previous work. * a borderline pass / fail in an exam
noun the division between two qualities or conditions:
This biography sometimes crosses the borderline between fact and fiction.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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This entry for borderline is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does borderline appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — borderline appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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