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marginalized

[ mahr-juh-nl-ahyzd ]

adjective

  1. placed in a position of little or no importance, influence, or power:

    Technology has the power to amplify the voices of marginalized communities and strengthen our democracy.



verb

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of marginalize ( def ).
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Example Sentences

Obviously, this prejudice-fueled pattern is multifaceted, as this lack of grace similarly applies to characters who are queer, trans, of color, neurodivergent and/or marginalized in any other form.

From Salon

He's trying to remake the military into his fantasy of a country where straight white Christian men hold all the power and everyone else is marginalized, often to the point of exploitation.

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In response to her party's obsequiousness, Rep. Summer Lee of Pennsylvania said recently, "There is no poll result that could make me turn on marginalized people."

From Salon

Studies show these tools disproportionately misclassify people of color as criminals, creating additional barriers for already marginalized groups.

From Salon

“It was just larger, so there were more opportunities for minority artists to exhibit in already marginalized spaces, but they weren’t being shown in the white spaces at all.”

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