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Synonyms & Antonyms for borderline
Synonyms: Adjective
Synonyms: Adverb
about, all but, almost, fair [chiefly British], fairly, feckly [chiefly Scottish], more or less, most, much, near, nearly, next to, nigh, practically, somewhere, virtually, well-nigh
Antonyms: Adjective
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Examples of borderline in a Sentence
Adjective
In borderline cases like these, the best course of action is difficult to determine. As a borderline diabetic, Lara is able to control her blood sugar levels solely through diet.Adverb
The movie is only borderline funny. your answer was borderline rude, so I would advise you to be more diplomatic in the future
Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
The tandem of Martin Jones and Aaron Dell was borderline embarrassing all regular season. — Garrett Wroblewski/guest Columnist, The Mercury News, "With Pavelski gone, who will lead Sharks into new season and era?," 20 Aug. 2019 Its consistency and efficiency, famously celebrated in a 2012 essay by Atul Gawande, is borderline profound. — Los Angeles Times, "Review: The Cheesecake Factory is the restaurant America wants, deserves," 20 Aug. 2019 The former trails the latter badly in innings and strikeouts, though allowing only 10 homers to 548 batters faced in the Year of the Rabbit Ball is borderline incredible, as Morton’s 0.66 homers-per-nine rate is the best mark in the AL. — Jon Tayler, SI.com, "Awards Watch: No One Is Going to Catch Mike Trout This Year," 5 Aug. 2019 The cost to obtain Marshall was so low because of his squabbles with teammates and arrests for domestic abuse and drunken driving, behavior Marshall later blamed on his borderline-personality disorder. — Will Larkin, chicagotribune.com, "Ranking the 100 best Bears players ever: No. 86, Brandon Marshall," 12 June 2019 With the sun starting to dip at tree levels, the temperature for the final hour of the first practice was borderline comfortable. — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, "Football practices are here and so is the urgency," 14 Aug. 2019 The lyrics don't make a whole hell of a lot of sense, but with Donovan imbuing them with religious reverence, this is five minutes of borderline nonsense that cuts deep. — Billboard Staff, Billboard, "The 100 Best Songs of 1969: Staff Picks," 14 Aug. 2019 While Williams' washing machine hamper hack seems borderline clever, the idea of darks, lights and possibly dry-clean only clothes being mixed and washed together is a bit cringeworthy. — Danielle Harling, House Beautiful, "Wendy Williams's Alternative to Using a Hamper Is...Weird," 16 May 2019 The safety position is an evolving one in the NFL, but Diggs is borderline top-10 material now. — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, "Detroit Lions need more top-100 players. Here's who could get there," 3 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb
Both teams came out hitting to start Game 2 and the intensity jumped another level after McNabb’s borderline hit on Kuznetsov. — Adam Candee, Detroit Free Press, "2018 NHL Stanley Cup Finals: Golden Knights-Capitals Game 2 observations," 30 May 2018 In the middle of this, I was tested for gestational diabetes, and the result came back borderline. — The Cut, "The Mom Who Faced the Odds of Getting Pregnant at 44," 14 Sep. 2017 There’s no doubting the existence and growing popularity online of conspiratorial—and borderline demented—commentary on Russia. — Jeet Heer, New Republic, "No, Liberals Are Not Falling for Conspiracy Theories Just Like Conservatives Do," 23 May 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'borderline.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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