Synonyms for marginal
ˈmɑr dʒə nlmar·gin·al

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1. fringy, marginaladjective

   at or constituting a border or edge

   "the marginal strip of beach"

   Synonyms:
   fringy, borderline, bare(a)

   Antonyms:
   maximal, maximum, profitable, wide, central

2. borderline, marginaladjective

   of questionable or minimal quality

   "borderline grades"; "marginal writing ability"

   Synonyms:
   fringy, borderline, bare(a)

   Antonyms:
   maximal, maximum, wide, profitable, central

3. bare(a), marginaladjective

   just barely adequate or within a lower limit

   "a bare majority"; "a marginal victory"

   Antonyms:
   maximal, maximum, profitable, central, wide

4. marginaladjective

   producing at a rate that barely covers production costs

   "marginal industries"

   Synonyms:
   fringy, borderline, bare(a)

   Antonyms:
   maximum, maximal, wide, central, profitable

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1. List of paraphrases for "marginal":

   marginalized, longitudinal, incremental, peripheral, marginalised, negligible, minor, slight, insignificant, non-mainstream, minimal, borderline

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1. Peter Goelz:

   It really just reinforces the tragic nature of this crash, it was a perfectly good helicopter. It was well-equipped. And, unfortunately, it was flying in marginal weather.

2. Carol Haggans:

   Vitamin C supplements might also help people with marginal vitamin C intakes, such as elderly people and chronic smokers.

3. Channa Jayasena:

   Even if HRT increased the future risk of Alzheimer's, several years of treatment would be needed, and the effect is marginal, the results of this study should not change the way HRT is prescribed or viewed.

4. Bill Costello:

   I could see( bankruptcies) as a marginal contributor to lower supply, but if you ask me could it ever move the needle, the answer is no.

5. James Davis:

   It was the gains from small fields that offset declines from others, the disruptions in the fields that were out was pretty much what we expected. What we didn't expect was the marginal increases in other fields.