consequential
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Learner's definition of CONSEQUENTIAL
formal
1
[more consequential; most consequential]
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important
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opposite inconsequential
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There have been several consequential innovations in their computer software.
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The change to the schedule is not consequential.
2
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happening as a result
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consequent
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The company is considering layoffs but hopes to avoid a consequential loss in productivity. [=a loss in productivity because of the layoffs]
— consequentially
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