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Meaning of submarginal | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Less than, or worse than, marginal. Not meeting even the minimum standard of quality.
  2. Below a margin.

Equivalents

Français submarginal

Examples

“Nutpicking, along with chicken cleaning and rag sorting, constituted the very bottom of the submarginal industries in St. Louis in the 1930s, and it was in these industries that African American women found sporadic employment.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

submarginate submarginated submarine submarinelike submarining submaritime

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