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marginal
marginal /adj./ 1. Extremely small. "A marginal increase in
core can decrease GC time drastically." In everyday
terms, this means that it is a lot easier to clean off your desk if
you have a spare place to put some of the junk while you sort
through it. 2. Of extremely small merit. "This proposed new
feature seems rather marginal to me." 3. Of extremely small
probability of winning. "The power supply was rather
marginal anyway; no wonder it fried."
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