Consequential (Adjective)
Meaning
Having important issues or results; "the year's only really consequential legislation"; "an eventful decision".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The company's decision to expand into new markets had consequential effects on their revenue and brand recognition.
- The team's consequential mistake in the championship game cost them the title.
- The new policy has had consequential impacts on the environment, and many are calling for changes.
- The judge warned the defendant that the charges were consequential and could lead to significant fines and imprisonment.
- The researchers made consequential breakthroughs in the field of medicine, leading to the development of a new life-saving treatment.