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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Less than, or worse than, marginal. Not meeting even the minimum standard of quality..
Nutpicking, along with chicken cleaning and rag sorting, constituted the very bottom of the submarginal industries in St. Louis in the 1930s, and it was in these industries that African American women found sporadic employment.
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Submarginal means Less than, or worse than, marginal. Not meeting even the minimum standard of quality..
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Nutpicking, along with chicken cleaning and rag sorting, constituted the very bottom of the submarginal industries in St. Louis in the 1930s, and it was in these industries that African American women found sporadic employment.
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