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overreliance

British

/ ˌəʊvərɪˈlaɪəns /

noun

the state or fact of being too reliant on someone or something

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This, I believe, is one of the main motivators for college applicants’ overreliance on A.I.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

This is enormously disruptive to Beijing’s aspiration to rebalance the economy away from overreliance on real estate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

"While GenAI can improve worker efficiency, it can inhibit critical engagement with work and can potentially lead to long-term overreliance on the tool and diminished skill for independent problem-solving."

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025

“However, overreliance on promotion delivers diminishing returns and erodes brand equity, and that is what has happened here,” Heaf said, according to a FactSet transcript of the post-earnings call with analysts.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 20, 2025

This particularly matters because China continues to guard against overreliance on exports and investment, and has long sought a domestic-demand engine.

From Barron's • Nov. 15, 2025

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