adjective
not very important
very slight or small
not included in the main part of society or of a group
chiefly US :not very good
always used before a noun :written or printed in the margin of a page
Brit :able to be won or lost by changing only a few votes
of land :just able to produce enough crops to pay for the cost of producing those crops
noun
plural -als
[count] Brit :a political seat, position, etc., that is won or lost by only a few votes