4
indistinct(uncertain, shaky, vague, unclear, ambiguous)
4
periphery(noun, edge, border, frontier, trimming)
4
precarious(adjective, uncertain, unstable, doubtful, shaky)
4
terminal(noun, top, limit, extreme, edge)
3
ambivalent(adjective, inexact)
3
brim(noun, edge, trim, border, trimming)
3
chancy(adjective, clear, delicate, certain, uncertain)
3
confine(noun, verb, top, limit, extreme)
3
debatable(adjective, open, uncertain, doubtful, dubious)
3
dividing line(expression, idiom, distinction, margin)
3
iffy(adjective, clear, open, delicate, informal)
3
last in line
3
minimal
3
problematical(adjective, clear, certain, ambiguous, debatable)
3
skirt
2
ambit(noun, border, frontier)
2
betwixt and between(expression, adjective, idiom, open, uncertain)
2
border line(noun, expression, idiom)
2
borderland
2
bounds(noun, border, frontier)
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