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单词 consequential
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consequential

Some companies might qualify for direct costs and consequential losses.The destruction of buildings seems less consequential than the destruction of human lives.This means that as a matter of constitutional theory the referendum verdict has no consequential legal effect.She wants to do something significant and consequential with her life.My circumstances were drastically less consequential.But there is a third, no less consequential.This could lead to hefty claims for consequential losses on top of the repayment of fees and other costs as well as interest.The judge held that section 2 provided compensation only for physical damage and not for consequential losses.Something had gone wrong: there was talk of consequential losses.On average, victims in the scheme have been paid 32,000 in consequential losses when they have made claims.Lawyers acting for the victims - including the parents of twins who suffered kidney failure - are claiming damages for injury and consequential loss.
(adjective) 
Definition
following as a result
The company disclaims any liability for incidental or consequential damages.
Synonyms
resulting
subsequent
the increase of population in subsequent years
successive
He was the winner for the second successive year.
ensuing
In the ensuing violence more than 130 people were injured.
indirect
consequent
The warming of the Earth and the consequent climatic changes affect us all.
resultant
sequential
following
We went to dinner the following evening.
(adjective) 
Definition
important or significant
From a medical standpoint, a week is usually not a consequential delay.
Synonyms
important
an important economic challenge to the government
serious
I regard this as a serious matter.
significant
It is the first drug that seems to have a significant effect on this disease.
grave
He says the situation in his country is very grave.
far-reaching
far-reaching reforms on human rights
momentous
the momentous decision to send in the troops
weighty
Surely such weighty matters merit a higher level of debate?
eventful
Our next journey was longer and much more eventful.
(adjective) 
Synonyms
arrogant
an air of arrogant indifference
inflated
pompous
What a pompous little man he is.
pretentious
He talked a lot of pretentious twaddle about modern art.
conceited
I thought him conceited and arrogant.
self-important
He was self-important, vain and ignorant.
supercilious
His manner is supercilious and arrogant.
bumptious
a bumptious young man
vainglorious

Additional synonyms

in the sense of bumptious
Definition
offensively self-assertive or conceited
a bumptious young man
Synonyms
cocky,
forward,
arrogant,
brash,
swaggering,
vaunting,
pushy (informal),
conceited,
showy,
overbearing,
presumptuous,
boastful,
impudent,
overconfident,
vainglorious,
self-assertive,
egotistic,
full of yourself
in the sense of conceited
Definition
having an excessively high opinion of oneself
I thought him conceited and arrogant.
Synonyms
self-important,
vain,
arrogant,
stuck up (informal),
cocky,
narcissistic,
puffed up,
egotistical,
overweening,
immodest,
vainglorious,
swollen-headed,
bigheaded (informal),
full of yourself,
too big for your boots or breeches
in the sense of consequent
Definition
following as a logical conclusion
The warming of the Earth and the consequent climatic changes affect us all.
Synonyms
following,
resulting,
subsequent,
successive,
ensuing,
resultant,
sequential

Nearby words of
consequential

  • consent
  • consequence
  • consequent
  • consequential
  • consequently
  • conservation
  • conservative

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