"importantness" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From important + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|important|ness}} important + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} importantness (uncountable)
  1. The quality of being important; importance. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-importantness-en-noun-mPLMuE~Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness

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          "ref": "1885; reprinted 1996 in Richard Germain, Dollars Through the Doors: A Pre-1930 History of Bank Marketing in America, page 112",
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          "ref": "2005, Kerry Temple, Back to Earth: A Backpacker's Journey into Self and Soul, page 17",
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