marginals
Barely qualifying candidates
Marginals are things at the edges or boundaries.
In politics, marginal seats or constituencies are those won by small margins, where outcomes are uncertain: The party focused resources on the marginals.
In economics, marginals refer to marginal costs, returns, or utilities—the change from producing or consuming one additional unit.
The term also describes people living on society's margins: the poor, excluded, or economically precarious.
Outer parts of town
- peripheryBoundary or outer region
- edgesOuter limits or boundaries
- bordersLines separating regions
- fringesOuter edges or tassels
suburbs · exurbs · hinterlands · borderlands · backwaters · boondocks · environs · outlying
Deprived of voting rights
- excludedShut out, denied entry
- disadvantagedLacking social or economic resources
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- oppressedTreated with cruel control
minorities · subaltern · underclass · dispossessed · alienated · stigmatized · voiceless · invisible
Unconventional people
- outliersExtreme data points
- radicalsAdvocates for fundamental change
- nonconformistsThose defying established customs
- bohemiansUnconventional artistic types
mavericks · dissidents · outsiders · rebels · iconoclasts · deviants · avant-garde · heretics
Written symbolic marks
- notesBrief written records
- commentsSpoken or written reactions
- glossesSurface shines or annotations
- scribblesHasty, careless marks
jottings · remarks · footnotes · annotations · amendments · addenda · corrections · editorial
Providing additional support
- incidentalMinor and unplanned
- nonessentialNot required or needed
- supplementaryServing to complete
- subordinateOne lower in rank
tangential · minor · negligible · inconsequential · trivial · unimportant · accessory · auxiliary
outskirts
Outer parts of town
fringes · suburbs · exurbs · hinterlands · borderlands · backwaters · boondocks · environs · outlying · satellite
disenfranchised
Deprived of voting rights
- excludedShut out, denied entry
- disadvantagedLacking social or economic resources
- vulnerableOpen to attack
oppressed · minorities · subaltern · underclass · dispossessed · alienated · stigmatized · voiceless · invisible · forgotten
eccentrics
Unconventional people
- outliersExtreme data points
- radicalsAdvocates for fundamental change
- nonconformistsThose defying established customs
bohemians · mavericks · dissidents · outsiders · rebels · iconoclasts · deviants · avant-garde · heretics · anarchists
notations
Written symbolic marks
scribbles · jottings · remarks · footnotes · annotations · amendments · addenda · corrections · editorial · manuscript
ancillary
Providing additional support
- incidentalMinor and unplanned
- nonessentialNot required or needed
- supplementaryServing to complete
subordinate · tangential · minor · negligible · inconsequential · trivial · unimportant · accessory · auxiliary · expendable
marginalssafe seats
Constituencies unlikely to change parties
strongholds · heartlands · bastions · fortresses · sure things
marginalscore
Central essential portion
mainstream · key players · essentials · principals · centerpieces
- marginalized groupPopulation facing systemic exclusion
- marginalized communityGroup facing systemic exclusion
- marginal notesCommentary written in margins
- marginalized communitiesGroups lacking social power
- marginal tax ratesPercentage owed per income tier
- marginalized voicesSpeakers from excluded communities
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