marginalize
verb (used with object)
to place in a position of minor or marginal importance, significance, relevance, or effect.
have marginalized
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present perfectof marginalize.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“Especially for people who already have marginalized health and are immunocompromised or disabled.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2022
Some volunteers worried that they risked committing the same “policing” practices that have marginalized Minneapolis’ minority groups, including their own neighbors, some of whom are Somali and Hmong.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2020
We should pay attention to the economic trends that have marginalized whole sections of the country.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 6, 2018
Dye strongly believes advances in the golf ball over the last several years have marginalized some of his most fearsome courses, and he basically chuckles at anticipatory complaints from players.
From Golf Digest ● Jul. 26, 2010
"Insofar as Evangelicals may have marginalized Mary's presentation in the Bible, it needs to be recovered," he concedes.
From Time Magazine Archive
