marginal

1. (not comparable, usually)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.

2. Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge).

   (not comparable, usually)Written in the margin of a book.

   There were more marginal notes than text.

   маргіна́льнийmarhinálʹnyj

3. (not comparable, usually)Sharing a border; geographically adjacent.

   Monmouthshire is a Welsh county marginal to England.

   at or constituting a border or edge

4. Determined by a small margin; having a salient characteristic determined by a small margin.

   (comparable, not comparable, usually)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.

5. (comparable, not comparable, usually)Barely productive.

   He farmed his marginal land with difficulty.

6. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, comparable, not comparable, usually)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.

7. (not comparable, usually)Pertaining to changes resulting from a unit increase in production or consumption of a good.

8. (not comparable, usually)Marginalized.

1. There is only a marginal difference between the two.

   deZwischen den beiden besteht nur ein geringfügiger Unterschied.

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2. My views are marginal.

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3. The Marginal Tietê expressway has two kilometres of traffic.

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