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marginal

Dictionary definition · marginal

adjective

  1. at or constituting a border or edge"the marginal strip of beach"
  2. of questionable or minimal quality"borderline grades"
  3. just barely adequate or within a lower limit"a bare majority"
  4. producing at a rate that barely covers production costs"marginal industries"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).