Borderline
Borderline adjective - Located at or near a border.
Vague and borderline are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Vague" instead an adjective "Borderline".
Nearby Words: border, borderland
Vague
Vague adjective - Not expressed in precise terms.
Borderline and vague are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Borderline" instead an adjective "Vague".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- open and borderline
- open and vague
- dubious and borderline
- dubious and vague
- questionable and borderline
- questionable and vague
- unsettled and borderline
- unsettled and vague
- unclear and borderline
- unclear and vague
- ambiguous and borderline
- ambiguous and vague
- doubtful and borderline
- doubtful and vague
Both words in one sentence
- The exact degree of their distinctive height and features is vague, leaving it uncertain whether they'd strike us as beautiful, or as borderline Humanoid Abominations.
Source: Literature / Book of the New Sun -
Only a borderline example as the original is very vague about whjen it's set, but the 1981 BBC adaptation of The Day of the Triffids moves the setting from "20 Minutes into the Future from the perspective of The Fifties" to Next Sunday A.D.
Source: Setting Update
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Vague and Borderline. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/borderline/vague
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