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Synonyms for marginal
ˈmɑr dʒə nlmar·gin·al

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  1. fringy, marginaladjective

    at or constituting a border or edge

    "the marginal strip of beach"

    Synonyms:
    fringy, borderline, bare(a)

    Antonyms:
    maximal, maximum, profitable, wide, central

  2. borderline, marginaladjective

    of questionable or minimal quality

    "borderline grades"; "marginal writing ability"

    Synonyms:
    fringy, borderline, bare(a)

    Antonyms:
    maximal, maximum, wide, profitable, central

  3. bare(a), marginaladjective

    just barely adequate or within a lower limit

    "a bare majority"; "a marginal victory"

    Antonyms:
    maximal, maximum, profitable, central, wide

  4. marginaladjective

    producing at a rate that barely covers production costs

    "marginal industries"

    Synonyms:
    fringy, borderline, bare(a)

    Antonyms:
    maximum, maximal, wide, central, profitable

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How to use marginal in a sentence?

  1. Gary Arndt:

    There is a lot of politics and money in play, rich countries tend to have more World World Heritage. Also, as the obvious places have been put on the list -- Great Wall, Grand Canyon, Pyramids, etc. -- ever more marginal sites have been added.

  2. Sulemanu Koney:

    It is...a major constraint and the net effect is that your costs go up and your margins are squeezed, for companies which are already marginal, it'll mean they are just being pushed out of business. Survival becomes the name of the game.

  3. Roger Goodman:

    There might be a couple marginal adjustments to policy to make sure police can do their jobs, but that we don’t have needless injuries and deaths and use of force, i think we can thread that needle.

  4. Meg Schwenzfeier:

    We had a massive turnout in 2020, all these marginal voters who had not voted before, so the degree to which they stay in the electorate is the big question for me.

  5. Liz Shuler:

    We think it would have a marginal impact, at best, on inflation, what really needs to happen is what the President talked about yesterday : looking at ways to bring down costs for working families.


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