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over-reliance

over-reliance is the alternative form of overreliance.

Meaning of overreliance

Noun

overreliance (countable and uncountable, plural overreliances)

  1. Excessive reliance.
    • A particularly worn device for Super Bowl ads — an overreliance on familiar faces — got a real workout.2009 February 2, Stuart Elliott, “Ads That Pushed Our Usual (Well-Worn) Buttons”, in New York Times

Origin of over-reliance

From over- + reliance.

Questions about over-reliance

What is over-reliance the alternative form of?
Over-reliance is the alternative form of overreliance.

Words near over-reliance in the dictionary

  1. over-recruited
  2. over-recruiting
  3. over-recruits
  4. over-redact
  5. over-redaction
  6. over-reliance
  7. over-respect
  8. over-respected
  9. over-respecting
  10. over-respects
  11. over-richness

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