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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mar•gin•al /ˈmɑrdʒənəl/USA pronunciation adj. - of, relating to, or located in a margin:marginal notes.
barely adequate:a marginal student.mar•gin•al•ly, adv. : He improved only marginally. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mar•gin•al (mär′jə nl),USA pronunciation adj. - pertaining to a margin.
- situated on the border or edge.
- at the outer or lower limits;
minimal for requirements;
almost insufficient:marginal subsistence; marginal ability. - written or printed in the margin of a page:a marginal note.
- Sociologymarked by contact with disparate cultures, and acquiring some but not all the traits or values common to any one of them.
- Business[Econ.]
- selling goods at a price that just equals the additional cost of producing the last unit supplied.
- of or pertaining to goods produced and marketed at margin:marginal profits.
- Medieval Latin marginālis of, pertaining to an edge. See margin, -al1
- 1570–80
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: marginal /ˈmɑːdʒɪnəl/ adj - of, in, on, or constituting a margin
- close to a limit, esp a lower limit: marginal legal ability
- not considered central or important; insignificant, minor, small
- relating to goods or services produced and sold at the margin of profitability: marginal cost
- chiefly Brit NZ of or designating a constituency in which elections tend to be won by small margins: a marginal seat
- designating agricultural land on the margin of cultivated zones
n - chiefly Brit NZ a marginal constituency
marginality /ˌmɑːdʒɪˈnælɪtɪ/ n ˈmarginally adv |