borderline case
Example Sentences
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“He’s a borderline case in terms of a candidate,” said Mr. Cucek of Temple University.
From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2021
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
There is no telling when he may be called upon to pass judgment on a borderline case.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall
