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overrelied

overrelied is the simple past and past participle of overrely.

Meaning of overrely

Verb

overrely (third-person singular simple present overrelies, present participle overrelying, simple past and past participle overrelied)

  1. To rely too much (on something or someone); to be overly dependent (on) or expectant (about).
    • Practical experience suggests that there are circumstances in which managers have a tendency to overrely on tests.2008, SL Martin, “Managers also overrely on tests”, in Industrial and Organizational Psychology, volume 1, number 3, →DOI, pages 359–360

Questions about overrelied

What is overrelied the simple past and past participle of?
Overrelied is the simple past and past participle of overrely.

Words near overrelied in the dictionary

  1. overrelaxes
  2. overrelaxing
  3. overreliance
  4. overreliances
  5. overreliant
  6. overrelied
  7. overrelies
  8. overreligion
  9. overreligious
  10. overrely
  11. overrelying

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overrelied (page history and authors); overrely (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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