marginal   (Sound)

The adj marginal has 4 senses

• fringy, marginal -- (at or constituting a border or edge; "the marginal strip of beach")


• borderline, marginal -- (of questionable or minimal quality; "borderline grades"; "marginal writing ability")


• bare, marginal -- (just barely adequate or within a lower limit; "a bare majority"; "a marginal victory")


• marginal -- (producing at a rate that barely covers production costs; "marginal industries")