Submarginal
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Less than, or worse than, marginal. Not meeting even the minimum standard of quality.
"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."
- 2 Below a margin.
Example
More 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."
Etymology
From sub- + marginal.
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