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Past tense of marginalize

regular verb

The past tense of marginalize is marginalized. The past participle is also marginalized.

Forms of marginalize

Base form (V1)marginalize /ˈmɑːdʒɪnəlaɪz/
Past tense (V2)marginalized
Past participle (V3)marginalized
Present participlemarginalizing
Third person singularmarginalizes

Marginalized in a sentence

  • Keep yourself educated on the issues, follow BIPOC, LGBTQIA, and other marginalized groups' pages.2017, Libby Chamberlain, Pantsuit Nation, page 149. From the entry BIPOC
  • Mea culpa has been marginalized and has progressively gone out of fashion.2005, Stan Haski, “Consequences of New Freedom”, in The Arrogance of Distance: Moral Hazard and the Rise and Decay of Individual Freedom…. From the entry nostra culpa
  • Mary is sister to the marginalized women who live unchronicled lives in oppressive situations.2000 June 17, Elizabeth A. Johnson, “Mary of Nazareth: Friend of God and Prophet”, in America, volume 182, number 21. From the entry rip
  • And hearing marginalized people speak up can feel like injustice for those accustomed to their stories being the only ones told.2022 May 2, Ian D. Svetkey, “A White Man's Voice: The Role of the Privileged Actor”, in The Harvard Crimson, archived from the original on…. From the entry super straight
  • To summarize, in a genderist culture, transgender identities are so highly invisible and marginalized, that "accessing" them is profoundly difficult.2007, Brent Laurence Bilodeau, Genderism: Transgender Students, Binary Systems and Higher Education. From the entry genderist

Meaning of marginalize

  1. verb To relegate (something, especially a topic or a group of people) to the margins or to a lower limit; to exclude socially or otherwise.
  2. verb To find a marginal distribution of a joint probability distribution.

Full definition of marginalize

Questions about the past tense of marginalize

What is the past tense of marginalize?
The past tense of marginalize is marginalized.
What is the past participle of marginalize?
The past participle of marginalize is marginalized.
Is marginalize a regular or irregular verb?
Marginalize is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: marginalize (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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