borderline case

Examples (10)

• The teacher gave all borderline cases a spoken test.
• His application was a borderline case, but we decided to accept him into the program.
• Medically, she's a borderline case for surgery; the doctors are still debating.
• The referee's decision was tough because it was a borderline case of a foul.
• Whether this qualifies as plagiarism is a borderline case, as the student rephrased most of it.
• The company considered his expense claim a borderline case for reimbursement.
• Many of the artworks in the exhibition are borderline cases between sculpture and installation art.
• This is a borderline case legally, so we need to consult with our top lawyers.
• The psychologist noted that the patient was a borderline case for a specific personality disorder diagnosis.
• For the competition, her entry was a borderline case, just barely meeting the minimum requirements.