overimportant

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adjective

Excessively important.

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Meanings

adjectiveoverimportant (comparative more overimportant, superlative most 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

Origin

From over- + important.

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APA

overimportant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overimportant

MLA

“overimportant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overimportant. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overimportant,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overimportant.

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