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marginal
adjectivegeneral usevery common/mɐɾ.ʒiˈnaɫ/mar·gi·nal
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Relating to or situated at the edge or margin.
Usage examples
“They lived in a marginal area on the outskirts of town.”
“The road runs along the marginal land by the coast.”
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marginal notemarginal land
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Relating to people or groups that are on the fringes of society.
Usage examples
“The program aims to help marginal communities.”
“He felt marginal and disconnected from mainstream culture.”
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marginal groupmarginal population