consequential
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1 [more consequential; most consequential]
- There have been several consequential innovations in their computer software.
- The change to the schedule is not consequential.
— opposite inconsequential
2 : happening as a result
- 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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