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overrelying

overrelying is the present participle and gerund 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 overrelying

What is overrelying the present participle and gerund of?
Overrelying is the present participle and gerund of overrely.

Words near overrelying in the dictionary

  1. overrelied
  2. overrelies
  3. overreligion
  4. overreligious
  5. overrely
  6. overrelying
  7. overren
  8. overrent
  9. overrented
  10. overrenting
  11. overrents

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overrelying (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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