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Small in extent or only just meeting a relevant threshold.

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marginal

The revised layout offered only a marginal improvement in reading space.
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A neighborhood festival offered volunteers meal vouchers commensurate with the length of their shifts. During planning, Priya noticed that one team carried a disproportionate share of the setup work. Adding one helper would provide only marginal relief because that team still had most of the heavy tasks.
From Keeping Things in Proportion.
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