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- pronunciation:
- mar
jih
n
 l
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
of, concerning, near, or forming a margin.
The marginal land of the property runs along a stream.- synonyms:
- borderline, peripheral
- similar words:
- liminal
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| definition 2: |
written in a margin or margins.
The professor's marginal comments were difficult to decipher. |
| definition 3: |
barely above a minimum standard of quality.
The marginal farm land allowed the families a meager existence.Her piano skills are marginal, but her singing voice is quite extraordinary.- synonyms:
- minimal, so-so
- antonyms:
- excellent, formidable, superior, unsurpassed
- similar words:
- adequate, fifty-fifty, indifferent, mediocre, passable, questionable, tolerable
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| definition 4: |
of goods sold or a business, barely profitable; covering costs slightly, if at all.
The hotel business is just marginal here in the winter months, but business picks up in the spring.- synonyms:
- adequate, minimal
- similar words:
- meager, modest, scanty, sufficient
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| related words: |
bare, borderline, minimum, perfunctory, side |
adverb + (adj.)marginal
culturally, economically, increasingly, politically, previously, relatively, similarly, socially
(adj.)marginal
+ adverb
best
(adj.)marginal
+ noun
abatement,
area,
benefit,
bracket,
branch,
capacity,
capital,
comment,
contribution,
convenience,
cost,
crop,
curve,
disclosure,
district,
dollar,
electricity,
existence,
farmer,
farming,
farmland,
figure,
finding,
gain,
habitat,
impact,
importance,
improvement,
incentive,
income,
increase,
input,
land,
location,
means,
nerve,
note,
performer,
population,
position,
pricing,
production,
productivity,
profit,
rate,
ratio,
reduction,
reliability,
return,
revenue,
significance,
soil,
stakeholder,
status,
supply,
talent,
tax,
transmission,
utility,
value,
wage,
yield
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| derivations: |
marginally (adv.), marginality (n.) |
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