marginal
(uncomparable) Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge).
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(uncomparable) Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge).
The marginal area at the edge of the salt-marsh has its own plants.
“PKR's GE16 analysis flags 'marginal', 'red zone' seats for Anwar and top leaders #news”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Ivan P. Christov: Statistics of Marginal Wavefunctions as a Real-Space Diagnostic of Quantum Entanglement https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.01728 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.01728 https://arxiv.org/html/2605.01728”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Documentan en Núria la cueva prehistórica con ocupación a mayor altitud en los Pirineos. La investigación cuestiona la idea tradicional de que estas zonas solo fueron utilizadas de forma marginal.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“This is basically where I am too. "TERF" had a purpose when it was referring to a specific weird niche of radfems. But that niche was always pretty marginal to broader anti-trans politics, and the latter trying to cynically adopt the former as a cover shouldn't blind us to that.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(comparable) Determined by a small margin; having a salient characteristic determined by a small margin.
In recent years there has been an increase in violence against marginal groups.
“WPC issues Day 2 Marginal Risk Excessive Rainfall Outlook at May 6, 8:17z for CAE Link”
— Bluesky· May 2026“WPC issues Day 2 Marginal Risk Excessive Rainfall Outlook at May 6, 8:17z for BMX Link”
— Bluesky· May 2026“WPC issues Day 2 Marginal Risk Excessive Rainfall Outlook at May 6, 8:17z for CRP Link”
— Bluesky· May 2026“WPC issues Day 2 Marginal Risk Excessive Rainfall Outlook at May 6, 8:17z for BRO Link”
— Bluesky· May 2026“WPC issues Day 2 Marginal Risk Excessive Rainfall Outlook at May 6, 8:17z for CHS Link”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(economics, uncomparable) Pertaining to changes resulting from a unit increase in production or consumption of a good.
The marginal area at the edge of the salt-marsh has its own plants.
“#SPC issues Day 1 Marginal Convective Risk at May 5, 16:31z for BUF Link”
— Bluesky· May 2026“#SPC issues Day 1 Marginal Convective Risk at May 5, 16:31z for BTV Link”
— Bluesky· May 2026“#SPC issues Day 1 Marginal Convective Risk at May 5, 16:31z for HUN Link”
— Bluesky· May 2026“A raise is taxed at your marginal rate — so side hustle income is tax-advantaged, not just a cash grab.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Tuesday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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