marginal

marginal, secundario, leve

De poca importancia o tamaño, o con escasa relación con el tema principal.

En inglés sencillo: Small in size or importance, or only slightly connected to the main subject.

• The change had only a marginal effect.
• Her role in the project was marginal.
• Sales showed a marginal increase last month.

Cómo se usa: marginal to something (These details are marginal to our main argument.)

Sinónimos: minor, slight, peripheral

Antónimos: major, central

Expresiones frecuentes: marginal importance, marginal increase, marginal role

marginal

Relacionado con el coste, ingreso o impuesto correspondiente a una unidad más de producción o de ganancias.

En inglés sencillo: Relating to the cost, income, or tax for one extra item produced or amount earned.

• The marginal cost of another copy is low.
• Her marginal tax rate rose after the pay increase.
• The company compared marginal revenue with marginal costs.

Sinónimos: incremental

Expresiones frecuentes: marginal cost, marginal tax rate, marginal revenue

apenas aceptable, deficiente

Que cumple por poco los requisitos o casi resulta demasiado malo para usarse.

En inglés sencillo: Only just good enough to be accepted, or almost too poor to use.

• His work is marginal at best.
• The test results showed marginal performance.
• With such marginal skills, she may struggle in this job.

Sinónimos: borderline, barely adequate

Antónimos: excellent

Expresiones frecuentes: marginal quality, marginal performance, marginal at best

marginal

Escrito en el espacio vacío junto al texto principal de una página.

En inglés sencillo: Written in the empty space beside the main text on a page.

• The book contains marginal notes.
• Her marginal comments helped me understand the poem.
• Several marginal annotations were added by a later reader.

Expresiones frecuentes: marginal notes, marginal comments, marginal annotation

poco productivo, marginal

Que produce muy poco, especialmente en agricultura o en actividades que generan ingresos.

En inglés sencillo: Producing very little, especially when growing food or earning money.

• Few crops grow on this marginal land.
• The farmers struggled to earn money from marginal fields.
• Drought made several farms marginal.

Sinónimos: barely productive, low-yielding

Antónimos: productive

Expresiones frecuentes: marginal land, marginal farmland, marginal farms

marginal, periférico

Situado en el borde exterior de una zona u objeto, o cerca de él.

En inglés sencillo: At or near the outer edge of an area or object.

• These plants grow in marginal areas of the marsh.
• The leaf has small marginal teeth.
• Flooding affected the marginal zones beside the lake.

Sinónimos: peripheral, bordering

Antónimos: central

Expresiones frecuentes: marginal area, marginal zone, marginal plants