borderline
Example Sentences
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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.
“Even 200 wins is borderline undoable unless they have a lot of good fortune.”
One person wrote on Facebook about seeing “borderline junk yard cars quite regularly.”
Split between its rival language camps, Belgium's complex political patchwork has long been seen as borderline dysfunctional.
From Barron's
Individuals with low or borderline scores, particularly if they report no chest pain or shortness of breath, are frequently reassured and discharged without further evaluation.
From Science Daily
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
