Meaning of marginal in English
Classifying Adjective
marginalDefinitions
1. at or constituting a border or edgeExamples
- « the marginal strip of beach »
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- 2. of questionable or minimal quality
Examples
- « borderline grades »
- « marginal writing ability »
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- 3. of a bare living gained by great labor
Examples
- « the sharecropper's hardscrabble life »
- « a marginal existence »
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- 4. just barely adequate or within a lower limit
Examples
- « a bare majority »
- « a marginal victory »
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- 5. producing at a rate that barely covers production costs
Examples
- « marginal industries »
- « marginal land »
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- 6. of something or someone close to a lower limit or lower class
Examples
- « marginal abilities »
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