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. Barry Popkin:

   Any weight loss is a positive at nearly any weight level, just marginal weight gain can impact us health-wise.

3. Storm Prediction Center:

   Some thunderstorms may also contain excessive rainfall rates, prompting the issuance of a marginal risk( level 1 of 4) for flash flooding in Alabama and western Georgia.

4. Lopez Pineda:

   He was the first to give universal pension to seniors. He created 16 high schools in marginal areas, he created such seemingly insignificant things such as permanent driver licenses so that the government would not keep taking money from the people.

5. Christian Stocker:

   We need a strong earnings momentum to justify the current lofty valuations and push share prices further higher, but that's not happening, i don't see a lasting positive impulse coming from the reporting season and see only a marginal increase in equities in the remaining weeks of the year.