marginal
Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge).
Written in the margin of a book.
Sharing a border; geographically adjacent.
Of a value, or having a characteristic that is of a value, that is close to being unacceptable or leading to exclusion from a group or category.
Barely productive.
Subject to a change in sitting member with only a small change in voting behaviour, this usually being inferred from the small winning margin of the previous election.
Pertaining to changes resulting from a unit increase in production or consumption of a good.
Marginalized.
Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing