marginal

(s) at or constituting a border or edge
- the marginal strip of beach
fringy,
(s) of questionable or minimal quality
- borderline grades
- marginal writing ability
borderline,
(s) just barely adequate or within a lower limit
- a bare majority
- a marginal victory
bare,
(s) producing at a rate that barely covers production costs
- marginal industries

fringy borderline bare

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