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borderline

/ˈboɹ.dɚˌlaɪn/ adjective C1
  1. Nearly; not clearly on one side or the other of a border or boundary, ambiguous. · I would rather hire a talented layman than a university graduate with borderline qualifications.
  2. Of questionable taste or acceptability; approaching bad taste. · Your borderline remarks about my aunt’s dress destroyed my evening.
  3. Exhibiting or characteristic of borderline personality disorder.
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