borderless
Britishadjective
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without a band or margin around or along the edge
borderless prints
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(of an island) not divided by a national border
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without limits
an intellectual curiosity that seems borderless
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(of trade, travel, etc) not constrained by the presence of international borders
a borderless business world
Example Sentences
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Today, the phrase suggests Mitteleuropa, the borderless, multilingual cosmopolitanism of pre-1914 Europe; the world of yesterday, as the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig called it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
“This case represents in many ways, the borderless nature of the threat,” said Dept Comm Weiner.
From BBC • Jul. 23, 2024
Los Angeles tends to strike outsiders as a borderless mishmash of suburbs spread over an unfriendly landscape with no significant natural source of water.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2024
Japanese pop culture expert Roland Kelts says it’s a “stunning moment for anime,” in part due to streaming on platforms like Netflix, which has helped make entertainment borderless.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2023
All around, everything else blended into an indistinguishable, borderless cascade of blurring gray streaks.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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