borderline

Example Sentences

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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

This is why interventions are quite rare, and the borderline decisions like Andy Robertson at Manchester City cause most controversy.

From BBC

The results were predictably ridiculous — and, in a few cases, borderline dangerous.

From Los Angeles Times

McCarthy believes bioenergy is one of those ways — essentially, by selling the least valuable, borderline unusable vegetation from the forest floor.

From Los Angeles Times