borderline
Example Sentences
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If everything else on the table was, by consensus, borderline inedible, securing salmon in the morning wasn’t just sustenance.
From Salon
“It’s borderline hoarder, I’m not going to lie,” Sugarman added, as Spelling was forced to agree.
From MarketWatch
The desire is already there — loud, obvious, borderline operatic.
From Salon
"The borderline decision was made by the match referee, and details of the rearranged fixture will be made available as soon as possible," said a Dundee statement.
From BBC
They move freely, obscuring borderlines between categories that once loomed like separate land masses: jazz and chamber music; acoustic and electric ensembles; songs and improvised forms.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
