...extra staff and consequential costs such as accommodation.
2. adjective
Something that is consequential is important or significant.
[formal]
This new transformation is at least as consequential as that one was.
From a medical standpoint, a week is usually not a consequential delay.
Synonyms: important, serious, significant, grave More Synonyms of consequential
More Synonyms of consequential
consequential in British English
(ˌkɒnsɪˈkwɛnʃəl)
adjective
1.
important or significant
2.
self-important; conceited
3.
following as a consequence; resultant, esp indirectly
consequential loss
▶ USAGE Although both consequential and consequent can refer to something which happens as the result of something else, consequent is more common in this sense in modern English: the new measures were put into effect, and the consequent protest led to the dismissalof those responsible
Derived forms
consequentiality (ˌconseˌquentiˈality) or consequentialness (ˌconseˈquentialness)