marginal

Plural: marginals

Adjective Satellite

• at or constituting a border or edge
  • "the marginal strip of beach"
• of questionable or minimal quality
  • "marginal writing ability"
• just barely adequate or within a lower limit
  • "a marginal victory"
• producing at a rate that barely covers production costs
  • "marginal industries"

Adj

• Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge).
• Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge).
• Written in the margin of a book.
• Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge).
• Sharing a border; geographically adjacent.
• Determined by a small margin; having a salient characteristic determined by a small margin.
• Of a value, or having a characteristic that is of a value, that is close to being unacceptable or leading to exclusion from a group or category.
• Determined by a small margin; having a salient characteristic determined by a small margin.
• Barely productive.
• Determined by a small margin; having a salient characteristic determined by a small margin.
• Subject to a change in sitting member with only a small change in voting behaviour, this usually being inferred from the small winning margin of the previous election.
• Pertaining to changes resulting from a unit increase in production or consumption of a good.
• Marginalized

Noun

• Something or somebody that is marginal.
• A constituency won with a small margin.

Adjective

• Relating to or situated at the edge or margin.

Examples

• Having reviewed the test, there are two students below the required standard and three more who are marginal.
• He farmed his marginal land with difficulty.
• His lead was MARGINAL, requiring a strategic final play to secure victory.
• His writing ability was marginal at best.
• In Bristol West, Labour had a majority of only 1,000, so the seat is considered highly marginal this time around.
• In recent years there has been an increase in violence against marginal groups.
• Monmouthshire is a Welsh county marginal to England.
• The marginal area at the edge of the salt-marsh has its own plants.
• The pilots lacked experience flying in marginal weather conditions.
• There were more marginal notes than text.

Synonyms

bare, borderline, fringy

Related Words

margin, marginalia

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