Consequential and Incidental

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Consequential adjective - Coming as a result.

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Incidental is an antonym for consequential.

Incidental adjective - Lacking importance.

Usage example: we still have to work out a few incidental details, but the proposal is largely complete

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Consequential is an antonym for incidental.

Nearby Words: incident, incidence, incidentally

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