Adjective: borderline 'bor-du(r),lIn
- Of questionable or minimal quality
"borderline grades";
- marginal
- At or near a border or boundary, especially between two different states or conditions
"The patient's blood pressure was borderline high"
- A line that indicates a boundary
"The treaty established a new borderline between the two countries";
- boundary line, border, delimitation, mete
Derived forms: borderlines
Type of: bound, boundary, bounds
Encyclopedia: Borderline