Word for "Significant enough to make a difference"
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00:00 Word For &Quot;Significant Enough To Make A Difference&Quot;
00:37 Answer 1 Score 54
00:56 Answer 2 Score 54
01:25 Accepted Answer Score 46
01:55 Answer 4 Score 35
02:30 Answer 5 Score 27
02:44 Thank you
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ANSWER 1
Score 54
A result is said to be meaningful when it has some real-world significance.
full of meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant:
ANSWER 2
Score 54
In some legal and financial contexts, an option is material. That would mean an event/action/adjustment that is likely to affect some important outcome. For instance "A tax rate increase of 10% would make a material difference to our profitability."
... having real importance or great consequences
For the accounting term: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Materiality_(auditing)
ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 46
You should consider nontrivial which means something which is not trivial (and hence should not be ignored).
"We need to find results that are nontrivial."
ODO:
nontrivial
ADJECTIVE
1 Not trivial; significant.‘In the second half of the eighteenth century, a significant share of rural households in southern England suffered non-trivial declines in real income.’
trivial
ADJECTIVE
1 Of little value or importance.‘Very often qualitative studies seem to be full of apparently trivial details.’
ANSWER 4
Score 35
Substantial as in "a substantial salary" or "a substantial amount" fits the bill.
substantial - (adjective) significantly great MW