borderline case

Indeed, only Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines rated invitations to that meeting and the latter was a borderline case, given President Rodrigo Duterte’s violent and lawless campaign against those he accuses of drug trafficking.

“He’s a borderline case in terms of a candidate,” said Mr. Cucek of Temple University.

Until we learn more, I simply couldn’t bring myself to vote for Vizquel, already a borderline case.

This is in my view a borderline case, as described in the authorities, and as such I must therefore shrink back from passing a whole life order.

Charles Mynors, chancellor of the diocese of Worcester, in his role as a judge of the court, ruled that although he considered it a "borderline" case, he believed the circumstances were sufficiently exceptional for him to grant permission for exhumation and pave the way for Mrs Etty-Leal's wishes to be honoured.