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1.AdjectiveOf, 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.; There were more marginal notes than text.; Monmouthshire is a Welsh county marginal to England."
2.AdjectiveWritten in the margin of a book."There were more marginal notes than text."
3.AdjectiveSharing a border; geographically adjacent."Monmouthshire is a Welsh county marginal to England."
4.AdjectiveDetermined by a small margin; having a salient characteristic determined by a small margin.
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.; The pilots lacked experience flying in marginal weather conditions.; He farmed his marginal land with difficulty.; In Bristol West, Labour had a majority of only 1,000, so the seat is considered highly marginal this time around."
5.AdjectiveOf 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.; The pilots lacked experience flying in marginal weather conditions."
6.AdjectiveBarely productive."He farmed his marginal land with difficulty."
7.AdjectiveSubject 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."
8.AdjectivePertaining to changes resulting from a unit increase in production or consumption of a good.
9.AdjectiveMarginalized.
10.NounSomething or somebody that is marginal.
11.NounA constituency won with a small margin.