marginality Definition
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marginal
adj
- 1. Small and unimportant or insignificant.
2. Near to the lower limit; barely sufficient.
(chiefly Brit)
3. Said of a political constituency: whose current MP or other representative was elected by only a small majority of votes at the last election.
4. Said of a note, mark, design, etc: appearing in the margin of a page of text.
5. In, on, belonging or relating to a margin.
- Thesaurus: bordering, peripheral, rimming, edging, verging, borderline.
- (chiefly Brit)
1. A marginal constituency or seat. Compare safe seat.
noun
adverb
