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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
mar′gin•al′i•ty, n. mar′gin•al•ly, adv. |