marginal

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adjective

1. at or constituting a border or edge (Freq. 4)
- the marginal strip of beach
• Syn:
fringy
• Similar to:
peripheral
• Derivationally related forms:
margin, marginality, fringe (for: fringy)
2. of questionable or minimal quality (Freq. 3)
- borderline grades
- marginal writing ability
• Syn:
borderline
• Similar to:
minimal, minimum
3. just barely adequate or within a lower limit
- a bare majority
- a marginal victory
• Syn:
bare
• Similar to:
narrow
4. producing at a rate that barely covers production costs
- marginal industries
• Similar to:
unprofitable

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  bare(a), borderline, fringy