Borderline and Outside

Borderline

Borderline adjective - Located at or near a border.

Usage example: a borderline region that is claimed by both countries

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Outside and borderline are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Outside" instead the word "Borderline" as an adjective or a noun.

Nearby Words: border, borderland

Outside adjective - Situated on the outside or farther out.

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Borderline and outside are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Borderline" instead the word "Outside" as an adjective or a noun.

Nearby Word: outsider

good	good borderline	good outside
hard	hard borderline	hard outside
major	major borderline	major outside
general	general borderline	general outside
Other adjectives: unlikely, different.

TV Genius: Rebecca, in contrast to Book Dumb but streetwise Baloo, has an MBA and is refined in terms of social inequity, but is a borderline Ditz in terms of the outside world.

Source: Western Animation / TaleSpin
A borderline example, but the "Dream Sword" weapon in 'Kingdom Hearts I'' (which can only be obtained outside the "Station" via Game Shark) has an attack power relative to Sora's level divided by 10.

Source: Evolving Weapon
Ma Chao was also borderline incompetent as a general, at one point even being tricked out of a city he'd just taken well before outside help arrived to drive him out.

Source: Useful Notes / Three Kingdoms Shu Wei Wu

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