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overreliance

British  
/ ˌəʊvərɪˈlaɪəns /

noun

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

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Although California’s leaders deserve their fair share of the blame for putting the state on this budgetary roller coaster, there are three underlying factors that make effective fiscal management in California uniquely challenging: an overreliance on the state’s personal income tax; mandatory spending commitments that limit policymakers’ discretion to address challenges; and a lack of accountability for the taxpayer money that is spent.

From Los Angeles Times

Regardless of whether it’s due to an overreliance on A.I. for crafting bios alone resulting in a catalog of nearly identical prospects or the current cultural flattening and erasure of difference permeating every facet of society, what was once paradise is now a parking lot.

From Slate

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

From The Wall Street Journal

"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