välttävä — meaning in English

English meaning

• marginal adj Located at or near an edge or border.
• passable adjective Good enough to be acceptable, though not excellent.
• tolerable adjective Able to be endured or put up with; bearable.

Senses

välttävä is used for these senses in English:

• marginal Of a value, or having a characteristic that is of a value, that is close to being unacceptable or leading to exclusion from a group or category.
• marginal (politics, chiefly, UK, Australia, NZ, of a constituency) Subject to a change in sitting member with only a small change in voting behaviour, this usually being inferred from the small winning margin of the previous election.
• passable Tolerable; adequate; no more than satisfactory.

marginal — full definition

1. adj Located at or near an edge or border.
2. adj Very small in size or importance; barely significant.
3. adj Relating to a political seat won by a small majority.
4. noun A political constituency won by a small margin.

passable — full definition

1. adjective Good enough to be acceptable, though not excellent.
2. adjective Able to be travelled or crossed.

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