He would remain marginally acceptable as long as his money lasted.

The only models with marginally acceptable acceleration are powered by the SR20DE engine.

Holding the humans hostage was one thing-a marginally acceptable tactic by modern rules of war.

To perform in an incomplete but marginally acceptable way, particularly with respect to the writing of a program.

Colleges that do not practice need-blind admissions say their decision does not necessarily mean less diversity, because only the marginally acceptable students are affected.

He was crude, and not even four years in a top fraternity had been able to impart sufficient polish to his rough edges to make him more than marginally acceptable in most social situations.

In the past, notebooks suffered from a variety of ills: cramped keyboards, marginally acceptable screen displays and battery life better suited for composing haiku than a serious term paper.

That made me a marginally acceptable lower life-form, presence tolerated.

Those who design, develop and approve this marginally acceptable architecture must be delighted that its very banality keeps critics and hostile public opinion at bay.

They could misunderstand your movements, make a response that was marginally acceptable, but you accepted it.