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Meaning of marginal | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈmɑː.d͡ʒɪ.nəl

Definitions

  1. Something or somebody that is marginal.
  2. A constituency won with a small margin.

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Examples

“[…] discusses those who belong to the discipline's dominant cults, the mainliners, and their relations with the marginals and mavericks.”
““We need a saint or some other symbol that will serve to anchor our faith into the foreseeable future. I have watched and waited for a saint but none showed up—not even a marginal saint. Mary is the first one, and we must not allow her ...”

CEFR level

C2
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