overimportant

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

over- +‎ important

Adjective[edit]

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.