BORDERLINE INTELLIGENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does borderline intelligence mean? 

• BORDERLINE INTELLIGENCE (noun)
  The noun BORDERLINE INTELLIGENCE has 1 sense:

1. the minimal IQ required for someone to function normally and independently in the world (without some form of institutional assistance)

  Familiarity information: BORDERLINE INTELLIGENCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BORDERLINE INTELLIGENCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The minimal IQ required for someone to function normally and independently in the world (without some form of institutional assistance)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("borderline intelligence" is a kind of...):

I.Q.; intelligence quotient; IQ (a measure of a person's intelligence as indicated by an intelligence test; the ratio of a person's mental age to their chronological age (multiplied by 100))