marginal
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4.7
- adjective
- /ˈmɑrdʒɪnəl/
:
marginal
- Decades after the Dust Bowl, however, this marginal land hasn't become any more forgiving.
- marginal land
- marginal areas
- marginal cultivation
Examples
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But as there were more farmers, the farmers had to move on to more marginal land, less good land.
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Corporations clear-fell forests for woodchips and extend agriculture into marginal areas beyond the capability of the land to sustain.
Academic text (1990) -
Such peripheral populations, living in marginal habitats, are of special interest to students of evolution.
Academic text (1990) -
Primroses and wild raspberries clustered in the marginal patches of sun.
Fiction book (1999) -
The plant thrives in marginal areas where few other species can survive.
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They built their house on a marginal piece of land next to the river.
Synonyms
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3.8
Next to something, often sharing a border or edge
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6.5
At the outer edge of something, away from the centre
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9.3
Around the outer edge of something, like a road around a city
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7.7
At the edge of a town or area, away from the main part
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9.5
Next to another place and sharing a border
A thing with a clear edge or border that is often a different color
Partly on the edge of an economy or society, not fully central
Close to the end but not at the very tip of something
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.0
Extra enjoyment you get from one more item, like a slice of pizza
- Specialized
Seeds attach in a single row along one side of a pod, like in peas
How Peripheral
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Marginal comes from the word margin, which means 'edge' or border, like the white space at the edge of a page. So a marginal path or area is one that lies at the 'edge' of something.