marginal importance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmarginalandimportance
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marginal
adjective
uk/ˈmɑː.dʒɪ.nəl/us/ˈmɑːr.dʒɪ.nəl/
very small in amount ...
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importance
noun[U]
uk/ɪmˈpɔː.təns/us/ɪmˈpɔːr.təns/
the quality of ...
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The focus on the study of adults is unfortunate as host-plant utilization by adults can be ofmarginalimportancecompared with their larvae.
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However, it is doubtful whether this factor has much more thanmarginalimportancethese days.
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Note, the initial distribution is ofmarginalimportancefor the time to extinction.
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Despite itsmarginalimportanceas a remedy, tuberculin became state certified in 1899.
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When people are not under a direct threat, it is easy for them to consider that defence is ofmarginalimportance.
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A lot of research has been done on this matter, and although unemployment is a factor, it is of onlymarginalimportance.
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That makes three million votes, which is of more thanmarginalimportancein any general election.
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The work at issue here is only ofmarginalimportanceto the railways; their workshops will keep going anyway.
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It is not good enough to treat religion as a matter ofmarginalimportance.
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Although ofmarginalimportance, it should be welcomed for that reason.
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The common law is delightful, but it is now ofmarginalimportanceonly.
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Therefore, it is of onlymarginalimportanceto the health of the nation.
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I emphasise that this is not a remote matter of onlymarginalimportanceto us in this country.
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If, in fact, they are only ofmarginalimportance, as he indicated today, why should he take them at this particular moment?
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The decision to set up a regional development fund is of onlymarginalimportance.
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Is he aware that his party's so-called manifesto for the arts in 1984 referred to business sponsorship as being ofmarginalimportance?
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Of course, business sponsorship is ofmarginalimportance, and of course every item ofmarginalimportance adds up to being quite important in the long run.
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The amendments are ofmarginalimportance.
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Overall, though, these verses were ofmarginalimportancefor the exegesis of "naskh".
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