borderline case
Example Sentences
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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.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 15, 2020
Roberts was only taking the word of one of his most trusted men, but with the benefit of hindsight it looks like a borderline case of medical malpractice.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 30, 2017
According to the medical tests so far, Atkinson herself is a borderline case.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 26, 2017
What if it was a borderline case when it came to vetting—say, an oligarch with a chequered past?
From Economist ● Jan. 12, 2017
This is plainly demonstrable in the case of phosphorus which, however, by reason of its appearance in the soil in proportions hardly to be called a mere 'trace', represents a borderline case.
From Man or Matter by Ernst Lehrs
