Sekirov Dictionary

marginal

UK /ˈmɑː.d͡ʒɪ.nəl/US /ˈmɑɹ.d͡ʒɪ.nəl/

adjective 9
noun 2
forms 3

adjective9

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Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge).
- The marginal area at the edge of the salt-marsh has its own plants.
- In recent years there has been an increase in violence against marginal groups.
Determined by a small margin; having a salient characteristic determined by a small margin.
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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.
- His writing ability was marginal at best.
- Having reviewed the test, there are two students below the required standard and three more who are marginal.
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Barely productive.
- He farmed his marginal land with difficulty.
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(UK, Australia) 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.
- In Bristol West, Labour had a majority of only 1,000, so the seat is considered highly marginal this time around.
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Written in the margin of a book.
- There were more marginal notes than text.
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Sharing a border; geographically adjacent.
- Monmouthshire is a Welsh county marginal to England.
Marginalized.
Pertaining to changes resulting from a unit increase in production or consumption of a good.

noun2

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Something or somebody that is marginal.
- […] discusses those who belong to the discipline's dominant cults, the mainliners, and their relations with the marginals and mavericks. — 1990
A constituency won with a small margin.

forms

marginals · more marginal · most marginal

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