Sentence examples for a marginal undertaking from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a marginal undertaking" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a project or activity that is not significant or is on the periphery of importance or impact.
Example: "The committee decided to invest in a marginal undertaking that would not significantly affect the overall budget."
Alternatives: "a minor endeavor" or "a trivial project".

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According to the country's own National Research Programme, published in 2010, R&D remains a "marginal undertaking" in Kosovo, with "the absence of any critical mass of research and technological development … funding for at least the last 20 years".

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The professional game is a marginal, low-rent undertaking played in front of sparse crowds in cow fields.

Before the bike scheme, cycling around Paris was considered a marginal activity, to be undertaken only by the reckless, rather like roller-skating behind buses.

The decision to preserve the median nerve and perform a marginal tumor excision was undertaken.

DURING the general election of 1959, the prime minister Harold Macmillan undertook a spot of campaigning in Rochester and Chatham, a marginal seat.

Gulani 2007 undertook a systematic review of the effects of deworming on haemoglobin, and reported a marginal increase in mean values that could translate into small reduction (5%to10%0%) in anaemia in a population with a high prevalence of intestinal helminths.

Later came co-firing, a marginal change.

Doping is not a marginal gain.

It was a marginal call.

Setanta was always a marginal, weak competitor.

This is no longer a marginal view.

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