marginal

adjective/ˈmɑrdʒɪnəl/

Frequency rank: #5,984 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

very small or slight; not very important or significant.

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Example sentence

The scientist noted that the improvement in test results after the second experiment was marginal.

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