Marginal and Over

Marginal

Marginal adjective - Located at or near a border.

Over and marginal are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Over" instead an adjective "Marginal".

Over

Over adjective - Brought or having come to an end.

Marginal and over are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Marginal" instead an adjective "Over".

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / Siskel & Ebert Siskel gave a marginal thumbs down to Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, which has an 89% on Rotten Tomatoes and is generally regarded as an improvement over Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
  • Guest Star Party Member Subverted in Dragon Quest VIII, in which your party is briefly joined by the contemptuous and utterly incapable Prince Charmles during fights with Argon lizards (evidently just enough to give him some marginal legitimate claim over the prize).
  • This feature-length production from The '80s has quite a few grateful comments over on YouTube where some amazing person has uploaded a marginal-quality copy in several parts, for those whose VCRs have already broken.
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