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overimportant

overimportant adjective: excessively important.

Adjective

overimportant (comparative more overimportant, superlative most overimportant)

  1. Excessively important.
    • Durham is an excellent basketball announcer; he concentrates on the defense and coverages, and he always seems to have one eye on the shot clock, which is so overimportant in the pro game.1988 May 13, Ted Cox, “The Sports Section”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of overimportant

comparativemore overimportant
superlativemost overimportant

Origin of overimportant

From over- + important.

Questions about overimportant

What does overimportant mean?
Overimportant means excessively important.
What part of speech is overimportant?
Overimportant is an adjective.

Words near overimportant in the dictionary

  1. overimmunizes
  2. overimmunizing
  3. overimmunosuppressed
  4. overimmunosuppression
  5. overimport
  6. overimportant
  7. overimportation
  8. overimported
  9. overimporting
  10. overimports
  11. overimposable

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