overreliance
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Definition of overreliance
: the act or state of relying on something or someone too much : excessive reliance One of my top priorities next year is to have an energy policy that begins to address all facets of our overreliance on fossil fuels. —Barack Obama I shy away from prescribing sleeping pills … to avoid overreliance on them. —Andrew Weil
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