But it is surely bordering on poor taste to attribute feelings to this couple in such circumstances.
Following poor, bordering on disastrous, showings at the world championships in 2014 and 2015, they topped the medals table with five golds, one silver and three bronze at Lee Valley VeloPark in March.
She found the portions to be small and pricey, and the service to be rather poor, bordering on rude.
Zhejiang is a more affluent province on the eastern coast, and Guangxi (located in the southwest of China, bordering Laos and Vietnam) is poorer.
Transnistria is a narrow swath of territory that legally is part of Moldova, a poor country bordering Romania.
This Russian-backed region of Moldova, a poor country bordering the E.U. member Romania, is striving for independence or far-reaching autonomy from Moldova.
But Peter J. Schmitt, the leader of the Republican minority in the County Legislature, called the appointment "poor judgment, bordering on arrogance".
In the view of the dissidents (and even the quiet majority still putting bills into the collection basket), the Church's inept supervision of the pedophilia cases exemplifies problems throughout the dioceses: arrogance, secrecy, poor judgment bordering on corruption, lack of accountability and oversight.
Mr. Cheng was found guilty of taking bribes while he ran the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, a poor, mountainous province bordering Vietnam and populated largely by ethnic minorities, including the Zhuang people.
Some, such as Shanghai, are wealthy and highly developed, while others such as Guangxi (bordering Guangdong and Vietnam) are poor and typical of developing countries.
