borderline

Example Sentences

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He said the "borderline belligerence" of the council beggared belief and the work should have been done in the evening with traffic lights.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Typical rush hour congestion already creates borderline unsafe conditions for boarding and exiting popular junctions like Penn Station and Secaucus, partially because these rail lines already run over capacity.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

The same goes for a catcher on a borderline ball call.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

She bristles when she realizes some dentists are using AI images to upsell patients—deploying color-coded overlays to dramatize borderline findings and justify questionable treatments.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Two of the monkeys died and the third animal went into borderline shock, but somehow pulled through and survived.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston