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Adjective marginal has 6 senses
- fringy, marginal - at or constituting a border or edge; "the marginal strip of beach"
Antonym: central (indirect, via peripheral)
- borderline, marginal - of questionable or minimal quality; "borderline grades"; "marginal writing ability"
Antonyms: maximal, maximum (indirect, via minimal, minimum)
Antonyms: maximal, maximum (indirect, via minimal, minimum)
- hardscrabble, marginal - of a bare living gained by great labor; "the sharecropper's hardscrabble life"; "a marginal existence"
Antonym: ample (indirect, via meager)
- bare, marginal - just barely adequate or within a lower limit; "a bare majority"; "a marginal victory"
Antonym: wide (indirect, via narrow)
- marginal - producing at a rate that barely covers production costs; "marginal industries"; "marginal land"
Antonym: profitable (indirect, via unprofitable)
- marginal - of something or someone close to a lower limit or lower class; "marginal abilities"
Antonym: approved (indirect, via disapproved)
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