submarginal
Americanadjective
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Biology. near the margin.
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below the margin.
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not worth cultivating, as land; less than satisfactory; unproductive.
adjective
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below the minimum requirements
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situated close to the margin of an organ or part
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(of land) infertile and unprofitable for cultivation
Other Word Forms
- submarginally adverb
Etymology
Origin of submarginal
Example Sentences
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Conservationists expect the stamps to yield between $600,000 and $1,000,000 yearly for use in buying submarginal farm lands, turning them into duck refuges.
From Time Magazine Archive
Into the farm plank also went such pledges as continued benefit pay ments, Government refinancing of farm debts, encouragement of cooperatives, retirement of submarginal land, "recognition" of the evils of farm tenancy.
From Time Magazine Archive
He also campaigned tirelessly to educate Southerners in the economic importance of growing timber on submarginal Texas farm land.
From Time Magazine Archive
Millions of acres of sandy or submarginal land were planted to wheat, corn and cotton.
From Time Magazine Archive
They and the coyotes lived clever, despairing, submarginal lives.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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