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(satellite adjective) producing at a rate that barely covers production costs; "marginal industries"; "marginal land" |
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(satellite adjective) of a bare living gained by great labor; "the sharecropper's hardscrabble life"; "a marginal existence" |
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Synonyms: hardscrabble |
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(satellite adjective) of questionable or minimal quality; "borderline grades"; "marginal writing ability" |
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Synonyms: borderline |
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(satellite adjective) just barely adequate or within a lower limit; "a bare majority"; "a marginal victory" |
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Synonyms: bare |
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(satellite adjective) at or constituting a border or edge; "the marginal strip of beach" |
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Synonyms: edge, fringe, fringy |
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