Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overimportant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-im-por-tant
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Excessively important.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From over- + important.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over

Inflected Forms

more overimportant (comparative) most overimportant (superlative)

Questions

What does overimportant mean?: Excessively important.
Where does overimportant come from?: From over- + important.

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