Over-reliance

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of overreliance. alt-of, alternative, uncountable

    "Byford said that the COVID-19 pandemic had "exposed a reckless, ultimately over-reliance on the farebox"."

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"Byford said that the COVID-19 pandemic had "exposed a reckless, ultimately over-reliance on the farebox"."

Etymology

From over- + reliance.

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