marginal

at or constituting a border or edge

• “the marginal strip of beach”

of questionable or minimal quality

• “borderline grades”
• “madj.allarginal writing ability”

of a bare living gained by great labor

• “the sharecropper”
• “;”

just barely adequate or within a lower limit

• “a bare majority”
• “a marginal victory”

producing at a rate that barely covers production costs

• “marginal industries”
• “marginal land”

of something or someone close to a lower limit or lower class

• “marginal abilities”