of consequence

ADJECTIVE

serious

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dangerous deep difficult far-reaching grievous important major meaningful severe significant tough urgent

WEAK

arduous fateful fell formidable grave grim hard heavy laborious meaning business menacing momentous no joke no laughing matter operose out for blood playing hard ball pressing smoking sobering strenuous strictly business threatening ugly unamusing unhumorous worrying

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm easy facile friendly insignificant little meaningless minor small trivial unimportant worthless

WEAK

flippant funny happy light unserious

Example Sentences

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Then again and again and again, inviting the sort of consequence that now faces Cavalli.

From Washington Post

"I think that is disgusting, that a New York state congressman who's done nothing else of consequence would put his name on a bill to make the AR-15, a weapon of mass destruction that's slaughtered people's lives from my hometown of Buffalo last May all the way to the Parkland shooting," Hochul added in an interview with CBS2.

From Salon

"Every single automaker in North America, and there's about 15 of them of consequence, has to electrify" by the 2030s, he said.

From Reuters

And his political mantra — “Be normal,” Mr. Sununu has often said, “keep it normal” — raises two questions of consequence to the Republican future:

From New York Times

This was before the introduction of consequence — you can be dragged for your thoughts, you can be canceled, you’re gonna be eliminated.

From Los Angeles Times

of consequence

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