marginal

1. (not comparable) Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge).Examples: "The marginal area at the edge of the salt-marsh has its own plants."; "In recent years there has been an increase in violence against marginal groups."not-comparableusually

2. (not comparable) Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge).Examples: "There were more marginal notes than text."; "The early pages had marginal notes most of which were lost when rats nibbled away the manuscript edges."not-comparableusually

3. (not comparable) Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge).Examples: "Monmouthshire is a Welsh county marginal to England."not-comparableusually

4. (comparable) Determined by a small margin; having a salient characteristic determined by a small margin.Examples: "His writing ability was marginal at best."; "Having reviewed the test, there are two students below the required standard and three more who are marginal."; "The pilots lacked experience flying in marginal weather conditions."comparablenot-comparableusually

5. (comparable) Determined by a small margin; having a salient characteristic determined by a small margin.Examples: "He farmed his marginal land with difficulty."comparablenot-comparableusually

6. (comparable) Determined by a small margin; having a salient characteristic determined by a small margin.Examples: "In Bristol West, Labour had a majority of only 1,000, so the seat is considered highly marginal this time around."; "In ‘battleground’ seats with the Conservatives, Liberal Democrat vote shares increased most in the most marginal seats."; "In Outer London, Harrow East is now a more marginal Labour hold than Harrow West."AustraliaNew-ZealandUKcomparablenot-comparableusually