Antonyms for borderline
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : bawr-der-lahyn |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɔr dərˌlaɪn |
Definition of borderline
Origin :- 1869, "strip of land along a frontier," from border (n.) + line (n.). As an adjective meaning "verging on" it is attested from 1907, originally in medical jargon.
- adj inexact
- It was so poignant a sensation that it crossed the borderline into pain.
- Extract from : « The Ideal » by Stanley Grauman Weinbaum
- Between prescience and imagination the borderline is ill defined.
- Extract from : « The Orchard of Tears » by Sax Rohmer
- Why had she ventured back on to the borderline of this life that had once been hers?
- Extract from : « To Love » by Margaret Peterson
- The old man was upon that borderline between the living and the dead.
- Extract from : « The Lone Ranger Rides » by Fran Striker
- Going from Stirling to Crieff we crossed the borderline of the Highlands.
- Extract from : « The Heather-Moon » by C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
- Happiness is taking part in a struggle where there is no borderline between one's own personal world and the world in general.
- Extract from : « Warren Commission (1 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
- Wait till you get some big case in court with a borderline paranoid as a star performer.
- Extract from : « The Trial of Callista Blake » by Edgar Pangborn
- There is no telling when he may be called upon to pass judgment on a borderline case.
- Extract from : « Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: » by Louis Marshall Warfield
- The colony of Bartle is the westernmost, located about fifty miles from the borderline between that province and Oriente.
- Extract from : « The History of Cuba, vol. 5 » by Willis Fletcher Johnson
- Genetics tells us that the borderline between genders is less clear-cut than we assumed.
- Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
Synonyms for borderline
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