borderline
adjective
noun
Origin of borderline
Synonyms for borderline
Related Words for borderline
marginal, open, ambiguous, ambivalent, doubtful, equivocal, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, problematic, uncertain, unclear, undecided, unsettled, dubitableExamples from the Web for borderline
Contemporary Examples of borderline
Vasquez, who has borderline ID, was exonerated in 1989, four years after his conviction.
Family and friends describe her as highly dedicated to her job, if not borderline workaholic.
The pair carried on their “work” relationship as borderline transients.
Their relationships with each other range from conciliatory to borderline antagonistic.
Their borderline baseline distaste for a person they did not know had become a sport, and the off season was finally over.
Historical Examples of borderline
It was so poignant a sensation that it crossed the borderline into pain.
The IdealStanley Grauman Weinbaum
Between prescience and imagination the borderline is ill defined.
The Orchard of TearsSax Rohmer
Why had she ventured back on to the borderline of this life that had once been hers?
To LoveMargaret Peterson
The old man was upon that borderline between the living and the dead.
The Lone Ranger RidesFran Striker
Going from Stirling to Crieff we crossed the borderline of the Highlands.
The Heather-MoonC. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson