marginal

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marginaalinen, vähäpätöinen puhekieltä 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.

In recent years there has been an increase in violence against marginal groups.

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.

Monmouthshire is a Welsh county marginal to England.

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.

He farmed his marginal land with difficulty.

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.

The pendulum lists the seats from least marginal to most marginal for the government on one side, and least marginal to most marginal for the opposition on the other side.