0 past simple and past participle of overshadow --
1 to cause someone or something to seem less important or less happy: --
The initial euphoria over these methods overshadowed the more classical work being done in the ' mundane ' areas of basic biochemistry such as cell signalling.
By age, schooling, and experience, he overshadowed his superior whom he saw as an albatross around his neck.
Sometimes they become outdated and overshadowed; sometimes their meanings and uses are transformed; sometimes they take on new vitality through the filter of nostalgia.
However, this is overshadowed by the enthusiasm for game theory and the argument that rural people should be analysed as individuals and not as groups.
These two faults are overshadowed by the one major flaw of the book - its brevity.
By mid-1944 the developing links with the garrison command overshadowed consideration of local elites or organized nationalist groups.
Today, the traditional music is a minority art and overshadowed by western music and culture.
These associations were not overshadowed by other cognitive or social risk factors, or by other relevant child temperament traits such as proneness to irritability.