overreliance

British

/ ˌəʊvərɪˈlaɪəns /

noun

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

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"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

Elizabeth Price Foley and Jason Torchinsky rightly argue against an overreliance on statistics in adjudicating civil-rights cases.

From The Wall Street Journal

Wall Street has worried about the company’s overreliance on the F-35 program, which accounts for roughly 25% of total revenue.

From Barron's

Broadcom aims to avoid overreliance on Google, as Google’s program currently accounts for over 80% of its AI compute sales.

From Barron's

“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

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