consequential
IPA: kɑnsʌkwˈɛntʃʌɫ
adjective
- Following as a result.
- Having significant consequences; of importance.
- Important or significant.
- (of a person) Self-important.
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Examples of "consequential" in Sentences
- Her story has produced several effects which I would describe as consequential goods.
- Finally, there is what BoatU. S. calls consequential damage coverage and like most insurance; it's about how much boaters care to gamble.
- The most consequential is Wisconsin, where a handful of new polls now show incumbent Senator Russ Feingold trailing Republican challenger Ron Johnson.
- Where to draw the line and how to draw the line is quite problematic and consequential, which is perhaps why only legislatures instead of courts should handle re-defining "family."
- Many of these battles were over matters that were complex and technical but hugely consequential, that is, precisely the kind of fights in which lobbyists and interest groups excel.
- Tell me a little bit about, it would be interesting to have your sense of how you in your CEOs desk over the years have had to watch the whole technology issue unfold and make probably at times some really important and in cost terms consequential choices about technology systems you're going to employ.
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