The phrase "steep consequences" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation where the outcome of a decision or action is serious or severe. For example: "Making the wrong decision could have steep consequences, so think carefully before you act."
The sources added the government proposal had always allowed for the industry not to participate in the proposed system of voluntary self-regulation, but there would be steep consequences further down the line with law-breaking newspapers that hadn't joined facing higher costs and exemplary damages.
They bear steep consequences, in academic success and their adult futures.
Evidence indicates that patients can face steep consequences for preoperatively expressing limitations to their post-operative life-sustaining care [ 26, 27].
WASHINGTON -- Five months after the Senate Intelligence Committee released its gruesome report on the CIA's post-9/11 torture program, someone is finally paying steep professional consequences.
Motor carriers employing commercial drivers encounter steep economic consequences from accidents resulting from impaired or incapacitated drivers.
Mauna Loa is a typical shield volcano in form, taking the shape of a long, broad dome extending down to the ocean floor whose slopes are about 12° at their steepest, a consequence of its extremely fluid lava.
But perhaps the penalties need to be steeper because such consequences certainly aren't dissuading manatee harassment across the state.
They see him taking the risk of higher inflation to break the credit crunch and to prevent the economy from falling into what he fears could be a steep decline with deflationary consequences.
The economic consequence is steep.
For those who have had their identities stolen or been hit with ransomware, the consequences are steeper and more disruptive.
But other Republican governors warned that steep cuts could have real consequences, and urged Congress to consider the impact of cuts before signing off on them.
