reliant

[ri-lahy-uhnt]

adjective

1. having or showing dependence.

   reliant on money from home.

2. confident; trustful.

Other Word Forms

• reliantly adverb
• overreliant adjective
• unreliant adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of reliant¹

First recorded in 1855–60; rely + -ant

Example Sentences

That suggests more broadly based gains for a market that has been far too reliant on a handful of stocks.

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“With labor-force growth slowing due to demographics, the U.S. economy is increasingly reliant on productivity gains to drive growth and improve living standards,” says Adam Schickling, senior economist at Vanguard.

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Just as Google discovered in the 2010s, Nvidia GPUs remain expensive and in short supply compared with ravenous demand, and no one wants to be reliant on one vendor for AI’s most important infrastructure.

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At the time, Ms Brixey was already suffering from kidney failure and reliant on dialysis.

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"The United States and the European Union are heavily reliant on imports of rare earth elements, underscoring significant risks to critical industries," said Amelia Haines, commodities analyst at BMI, at a seminar this month.

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