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Marginal

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Adjective

1. fringy, marginal

at or constituting a border or edge

Example Sentences:
'the marginal strip of beach'

2. borderline, marginal

of questionable or minimal quality

Example Sentences:
'borderline grades'
'marginal writing ability'

3. bare, marginal

just barely adequate or within a lower limit

Example Sentences:
'a bare majority'
'a marginal victory'

4. marginal

producing at a rate that barely covers production costs

Example Sentences:
'marginal industries'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Marginal

see synonyms of marginal
adjective
1. 
of, in, on, or constituting a margin
2. 
close to a limit, esp a lower limit
marginal legal ability
3. 
not considered central or important; insignificant; minor; small
4. economics
relating to goods or services produced and sold at the margin of profitability
marginal cost
5. politics, mainly British and New Zealand
of or designating a constituency in which elections tend to be won by small margins
a marginal seat
6. 
designating agricultural land on the margin of cultivated zones
7. economics
relating to a small change in something, such as total cost, revenue, or consumer satisfaction
noun
8. politics, mainly British and New Zealand
a marginal constituency

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Marginal

see synonyms of marginal
adjective
1. 
written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet
2. 
of or constituting a margin
3. 
at, on, or close to the margin or border
4. 
a. 
close to a margin or limit, esp. a lower limit
a marginal standard of living
b. 
limited; minimal
5.  Economics
a. 
on the border between being profitable and nonprofitable
a marginal business, marginal land
b. 
of or from goods produced and sold at margin
marginal costs, marginal profits

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Marginal

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adj.
1. Of, relating to, located at, or constituting a margin, a border, or an edge: the marginal strip of beach; a marginal issue that had no bearing on the election results.
2. Being adjacent geographically: states marginal to Canada.
3. Written or printed in the margin of a book: marginal notes.
4. Barely within a lower standard or limit of quality: marginal writing ability; eked out a marginal existence.
5. Economics
a. Having to do with enterprises that produce goods or are capable of producing goods at a rate that barely covers production costs.
b. Relating to commodities thus manufactured and sold.
6. Psychology Relating to or located at the fringe of consciousness.
n.
One that is considered to be at a lower or outer limit, as of social acceptability: "is fascinated by marginals, by people who live on the edge of society" (Dan Yakir).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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