Hypertext Webster Gateway: "marginal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Marginal \Mar"gin*al\, a. [Cf. F. marginal.]
1. Of or pertaining to a margin.
2. Written or printed in the margin; as, a marginal note or
gloss.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
marginal
adj 1: at or constituting a border or edge; "the marginal strip of
beach" [syn: {edge(a)}, {fringe(a)}, {fringy}]
2: of questionable or minimal quality; "borderline grades";
"marginal writing ability" [syn: {borderline}]
3: of a bare living gained by great labor; "the sharecropper's
hardscrabble life"; "a marginal existence" [syn: {hardscrabble}]
4: just barely adequate or within a lower limit; "a bare
majority"; "a marginal victory" [syn: {bare(a)}]
5: producing at a rate that barely covers production costs;
"marginal industries"; "marginal land"
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