overdependence
/əʊvədɪˈpɛnd(ə)ns
/noun
Dependence to an excessive degree: overdependence on the tourism sector...
- We need to do the same thing with respect to America's overdependence on foreign oil.
- In some instances " there was an overdependence on plagiarism ".
- Political issues were certainly on his mind, including the overdependence of the American economy on military spending.
Derivatives
overdependent
- The signs are usually a fall in academic performance, problems socialising with friends at school, or clingy, overdependent behaviour.
- Sixth, the absence of any engagement with Iran leaves the United States over-dependent on Pakistan for influence in Afghanistan.
- For in the last 30 years he has established that we have become dangerously overdependent on a few high-yielding varieties of plant.