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  • noun Excessive reliance.

Etymologies

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over- +‎ reliance

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Examples

  • "The first weakness is overreliance, that isn't the fault of the credit rating agencies themselves," said European parliamentarian Wolf Klinz, who is spearheading the effort to create a European rating firm.

    Europe Pushes for Own Rater Sebastian Moffett 2011

  • Not only did they find that RCMP did an "inadequate" review of the literature available on Tasers and had an 'overreliance' on anecdotal information., but they also tore into 'excited delirium', saying'ED should be considered 'folk knowledge' 'and' ... should not be included in the RCMP's operational manual '

    Boing Boing 2008

  • Laser says her family's main issue with DIBELS was her son's school's "overreliance" on the test and teaching solely designed to support test success, with the child's "well-being be damned."

    Archive 2008-04-01 Jim Horn 2008

  • Laser says her family's main issue with DIBELS was her son's school's "overreliance" on the test and teaching solely designed to support test success, with the child's "well-being be damned."

    DIBELS: The Reading Race to Finish First in Nonsense Jim Horn 2008

  • "inadequate" review of the literature available on Tasers and had an 'overreliance' on anecdotal information., but they also tore into 'excited delirium', saying'ED should be considered 'folk knowledge' 'and' ... should not be included in the RCMP's operational manual '

    Boing Boing 2008

  • "inadequate" review of the literature available on Tasers and had an 'overreliance' on anecdotal information., but they also tore into 'excited delirium', saying'ED should be considered 'folk knowledge' 'and' ... should not be included in the RCMP's operational manual '

    Boing Boing 2008

  • "inadequate" review of the literature available on Tasers and had an 'overreliance' on anecdotal information., but they also tore into 'excited delirium', saying'ED should be considered 'folk knowledge' 'and' ... should not be included in the RCMP's operational manual '

    Boing Boing 2008

  • "inadequate" review of the literature available on Tasers and had an 'overreliance' on anecdotal information., but they also tore into 'excited delirium', saying'ED should be considered 'folk knowledge' 'and' ... should not be included in the RCMP's operational manual '

    Boing Boing 2008

  • A more robust critique would focus on the industry's overreliance on risky debt, or leverage; without it, many funds' performance would be pedestrian and many private-equity titans much poorer.

    Private-Equity Blows Miss the Softest Spots Francesco Guerrera 2012

  • The Major Projects Leadership Academy, in partnership with Oxford University's Saïd Business School, also aims to reduce the overreliance on expensive external consultants to deliver big state projects, Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude said Tuesday.

    U.K. Sets Up Leadership School for Civil Servants Nicholas Winning 2012

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