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marginal |
Grep of noun marginal marginal cost marginal placentation marginal utility marginal wood fern marginality Overview of adj marginal The adj marginal has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (4) edge, fringe, fringy, marginal -- (at or constituting a border or edge; "the marginal strip of beach") 2. (3) borderline, marginal -- (of questionable or minimal quality; "borderline grades"; "marginal writing ability") 3. (1) hardscrabble, marginal -- (of a bare living gained by great labor; "the sharecropper's hardscrabble life"; "a marginal existence") 4. bare, marginal -- (just barely adequate or within a lower limit; "a bare majority"; "a marginal victory") 5. marginal -- (producing at a rate that barely covers production costs; "marginal industries"; "marginal land") Antonyms of adj marginal 5 senses of marginal Sense 1 edge(postnominal), fringe(postnominal), fringy, marginal INDIRECT (VIA peripheral) -> central Sense 2 borderline, marginal INDIRECT (VIA minimal, minimum) -> maximal, maximum INDIRECT (VIA minimal, minimum) -> maximal, maximum Sense 3 hardscrabble, marginal INDIRECT (VIA meager) -> ample Sense 4 bare(postnominal), marginal INDIRECT (VIA narrow) -> wide Sense 5 marginal INDIRECT (VIA unprofitable) -> profitable Similarity of adj marginal 5 senses of marginal Sense 1 edge(postnominal), fringe(postnominal), fringy, marginal => peripheral (vs. central) Sense 2 borderline, marginal => minimal (vs. maximal), minimum (vs. maximum) Sense 3 hardscrabble, marginal => meager (vs. ample), meagre, meagerly Sense 4 bare(postnominal), marginal => narrow (vs. wide) Sense 5 marginal => unprofitable (vs. profitable) Attributes of adj marginal Familiarity of adj marginal marginal used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 5) Grep of adj marginal marginal Overview of adj marginal The adj marginal has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (4) edge, fringe, fringy, marginal -- (at or constituting a border or edge; "the marginal strip of beach") 2. (3) borderline, marginal -- (of questionable or minimal quality; "borderline grades"; "marginal writing ability") 3. (1) hardscrabble, marginal -- (of a bare living gained by great labor; "the sharecropper's hardscrabble life"; "a marginal existence") 4. bare, marginal -- (just barely adequate or within a lower limit; "a bare majority"; "a marginal victory") 5. marginal -- (producing at a rate that barely covers production costs; "marginal industries"; "marginal land")
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