overdependent
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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While its partnership with Google has been a lucrative one, it doesn’t want to become overdependent on a single partner.
From Barron's
But German officials have grown wary of being overdependent on China.
From New York Times
The Afghan government also gave it limited support, leaving the ministry overdependent on foreign funding that poured in without strategic planning, according to a 2003 report by the Brussels-based International Crisis Group.
From Washington Post
Bill Roggio, senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, said the coalition failed the Afghan government and military by making them overdependent on Western support.
From Seattle Times
The creators who spoke with The Verge have all diversified away from Facebook to avoid being overdependent on one platform; they all run YouTube channels along with their Facebook Pages as well as with other social pages.
From The Verge
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