marginalized

especially British, mar·gin·al·ised

[mahr-juh-nl-ahyzd]

adjective

1. placed in a position of little or no importance, influence, or power.

   Technology has the power to amplify the voices of marginalized communities and strengthen our democracy.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of marginalize.

Word History and Origins

Origin of marginalized¹

marginalize ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

But rather than confront the issues, Foster claims executives “marginalized him, and ultimately terminated him and his team to cover up their own improper practices.”

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That was a way of working across many different industries of health experts to artists, think about how this is kind of rippling across many different marginalized groups.

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Diana Cooper, who joined Supernal in 2020 as the company’s sixth employee, says she was harassed, marginalized and underpaid, according to a complaint filed Oct.

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Many Zaidis, who made up about a third of Yemen’s population, felt marginalized.

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She writes: “We hadn’t made our record to garner fame and fortune. We made it for the art rats known and unknown, the marginalized, the shunned, the disowned.”

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