Synonyms for borderline
ˈbɔr dərˌlaɪnbor·der·line

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1. boundary line, border, borderline, delimitation, meteadjective

   a line that indicates a boundary

   Synonyms:
   perimeter, delimitation, edge, boundary line, mete, molding, moulding, margin, border

   Antonyms:
   maximal, maximum

2. borderline, marginaladjective

   of questionable or minimal quality

   "borderline grades"; "marginal writing ability"

   Synonyms:
   marginal, fringy, bare(a)

   Antonyms:
   maximal, maximum

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1. List of paraphrases for "borderline":

   border, limit, boundary, frontier, marginal

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How to use borderline in a sentence?

1. Steven Stamkos:

   Obviously, he’s mad about you know the borderline hit there, but there’s different ways to go about it, you can grab a guy and then punch him in the face. But it’s just an unsuspecting guy, it’s a sucker punch.

2. Paul Hokemeyer:

   People [also] lie because they suffer from an addictive or relational condition like a narcissistic, anti-social or borderline personality disorder. These people lie to manipulate others,

3. Mahmoud Abbas:

   We need the economy and we need the money. And practically, we need aid, but before everything, there should be a political solution. When there is a political solution, when we see a state of Palestine along the 1967 borderline, then we can say' Dear world, come to assist, we are ready to receive assistance.'.

4. Sierra Peters-Buckland:

   I followed the case borderline obsessively. Gabby had devastating and heartbreaking bad luck, but, vanlife did not kill Gabby, traveling did not kill Gabby, the national parks did not kill Gabby. A person killed Gabby.

5. Sheila Caldwell:

   Take my own case. I took my borderline screening results from before my heart attack at age 50, but my heart age was like 63, within a few years of doing everything we tell people to do prevent the disease, I took the screening and the heart age assessment again and at age 54… my heart age was 53. Think about that. I added 10 years to my life.