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marginal

/ marginal /
adjective satellite

Definitions & Examples

adjective satellite Sense 1
of something or someone close to a lower limit or lower class
"marginal abilities"
Similar:
disapproved
adjective satellite Sense 2
producing at a rate that barely covers production costs
"marginal industries"
"marginal land"
Similar:
unprofitable
adjective satellite Sense 3
of a bare living gained by great labor
"the sharecropper''s hardscrabble life"
"a marginal existence"
Similar:
meager meagre meagerly
adjective satellite Sense 4
at or constituting a border or edge
"the marginal strip of beach"
Similar:
peripheral
adjective satellite Sense 5
of questionable or minimal quality
"borderline grades"
"marginal writing ability"
Similar:
minimal minimum
adjective satellite Sense 6
just barely adequate or within a lower limit
"a bare majority"
"a marginal victory"
Similar:
narrow
Semantic Complexity
61%
Sense Count
6
Total Synonyms
9
Total Relationships
9
Times Searched
2
Relationship Distribution

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Related Words

disapproved unprofitable meager meagre meagerly peripheral minimal minimum narrow