consequential

consequent +‎ -ial [1]

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑnsəˈkwɛnʃəl/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒnsəˈkwɛnʃəl/

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• Hyphenation: con‧se‧quen‧tial

consequential (comparative more consequential, superlative most consequential)

1. Following as a result.
2. Having significant consequences; of importance.
   • 2023 September 18, Charles Hugh Smith, The Peculiar Power of Denial‎:

     The more profound and consequential the issue, the more stubborn our denial.

3. Important or significant.
4. (of a person) Self-important.
   • 1919, Lord Frederic Hamilton, The Vanished Pomps of Yesterday‎, page 69:

     He was a very short, fat little man, with immensely long grey side-whiskers, and a most consequential manner.

• (having significant consequences): considerable, important

• inconsequential

• consequential mark
• consequentiality
• consequentially
• consequentialness
• inconsequential