"Outsized importance" refers to something that holds a larger or more significant role or impact than would be expected or typical. It means that the particular thing or person is particularly influential or significant in relation to others.
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Concise verbal communication has
outsized importance given the rapid pace of consulting work, crunched timelines, and busy colleagues.
A sexual - abuse subplot that largely remains subtext in the book is made much more obvious in the film, and a love triangle between three of the Losers is given
outsized importance here compared to the source material.
Politics and personality do take on
outsized importance in a large enterprise, such that the merits of any given initiative often take a back seat to figuring out which important people's interests require catering or flattering.
pay attention to the developing intersection between legal ethics and technology will imbue these guidelines
with outsized importance.
Given how the president has shared dubious information at times when aides have presented him with reports from less - than - credible sources, Porter's role has
an outsized importance.
This comes on top of previous studies that have shown
the outsized importance of immigrant entrepreneurs on the economy.
One likely reason for the GMAT or GRE's
outsized importance is that it is a recent objective measure of an applicant's ability to tackle the academics of an MBA program.
As the state with the largest population, cannabis legalisation in California will have
an outsized importance, in symbolic, political and monetary terms.
That factor takes an «
outsized importance» in an «overwhelmingly one party town like New York,» he said.
Despite
his outsized importance and his direct influence on artists such as Andy Warhol, Federico Fellini, and Robert Wilson, Jack Smith has eluded the public almost since the beginning.