How to pronounce “borderline”

Meaning

• [Adjective]
• 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.
• [Adverb]
• Nearly; not entirely but nevertheless to a great extent.
• [Noun]
• (countable) A boundary or accepted division; a border.
• (uncountable) Ellipsis of borderline personality disorder.
• (countable) A person who has borderline personality disorder.
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To border, or border on; to be physically close or conceptually akin to.

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