See Also: submarginal(medicine)
submarginal(dictionary)

submarginal (iou)



submarginal adjective & noun. E19.
[from SUB- 1, 5 + MARGINAL.]
A. adjective.
Situated near the margin of a body or organ; Entomology (of a cell or vein in an insect's wing) lying behind a marginal cell. E19.
Not fulfilling minimum requirements or criteria; esp. (Economics) not financially profitable. M20.
Business Week Losing the great profits on foreign crude, we can't afford submarginal operations.
b. noun. A submarginal thing. L19.