[{"word":"borderline","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A boundary or accepted division; a border.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"She lives on the borderline between reality and madness."},{"definition":"An individual who has borderline personality disorder.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To border, or border on; to be physically close or conceptually akin to.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"adjective","definitions":[{"definition":"Nearly; not clearly on one side or the other of a border or boundary, ambiguous.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I would rather hire a talented layman than a university graduate with borderline qualifications."},{"definition":"Showing bad taste.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Your borderline remarks about my aunt's dress destroyed my evening."},{"definition":"Exhibiting borderline personality disorder.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"adverb","definitions":[{"definition":"Nearly; not entirely but nevertheless to a great extent","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He is borderline hypoglycemic and needs to monitor his sugar intake."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/borderline"]}]