marginal
<jargon> 1. Extremely small. "A marginal increase in core can decrease GC
time drastically." In everyday terms, this means that it is a lot easier to
clean off your desk if you have a spare place to put some of the junk while you
sort through it.
2. Of extremely small merit. "This proposed new feature seems rather marginal to
me."
3. Of extremely small probability of winning. "The power supply was rather
marginal anyway; no wonder it fried."
[Jargon File]
(1994-10-21)
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