MARGINAL as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • of something or someone close to a lower limit or lower class
   Usage Example(s)
   • marginal abilities
   Similar To
   • disapproved (what does disapproved mean?)
2. Meaning
   • of a bare living gained by great labor
   Synonym(s)
   • hardscrabble (what does hardscrabble mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the sharecropper’’s hardscrabble life
   • a marginal existence
   Similar To
   • meager (what does meager mean?)
   • meagre (what does meagre mean?)
   • meagerly (what does meagerly mean?)
3. Meaning
   • at or constituting a border or edge
   Synonym(s)
   • fringy (what does fringy mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the marginal strip of beach
   Similar To
   • peripheral (what does peripheral mean?)
4. Meaning
   • of questionable or minimal quality
   Synonym(s)
   • borderline (what does borderline mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • borderline grades
   • marginal writing ability
   Similar To
   • minimal (what does minimal mean?)
   • minimum (what does minimum mean?)
5. Meaning
   • producing at a rate that barely covers production costs
   Usage Example(s)
   • marginal industries
   • marginal land
   Similar To
   • unprofitable (what does unprofitable mean?)
6. Meaning
   • just barely adequate or within a lower limit
   Synonym(s)
   • bare(a) (what does bare(a) mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a bare majority
   • a marginal victory
   Similar To
   • narrow (what does narrow mean?)