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Etymology

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over- +‎ important

Adjective

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overimportant (comparative more overimportant, superlative most overimportant)

  1. Excessively important.
    • 1988 May 13, Ted Cox, “The Sports Section”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
      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.