The English Oracle

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:

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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."

Merriam-Webster:

... 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

  • The party has just lost office and with it a substantial number of seats.¹
  • That is a very substantial improvement in the present situation.¹
  • She inherited a substantial fortune from her grandmother.²
  • All the evidence points to a substantial rise in traffic over the next few years.²