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  • adjective Excessively dependent

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Examples

  • Max Whittaker for The Wall Street Journal Brad Williams, above, a former economic forecaster for California, warned that the state was overdependent on the rich.

    The Price of Taxing the Rich Robert Frank 2011

  • It remains overdependent on financial services, an industry that will have to shrink over the coming years.

    Sterling Could Rally Short-Term Alen Mattich 2010

  • The essence of the constant problems is that the deal is a public-private partnership structured with fantastic assumptions about office space demand, in which both the public and private are overdependent upon one another.

    The Next World Trade Center Delay 2010

  • It remains overdependent on financial services, an industry that will have to shrink over the coming years.

    Sterling Could Rally Short-Term Alen Mattich 2010

  • The essence of the constant problems is that the deal is a public-private partnership structured with fantastic assumptions about office space demand, in which both the public and private are overdependent upon one another.

    The Next World Trade Center Delay 2010

  • It remains overdependent on financial services, an industry that will have to shrink over the coming years.

    Sterling Could Rally Short-Term Alen Mattich 2010

  • So there is room to grow, and we are not overdependent...

    Daily Links, Feb 5, 2009 Michael Turton 2009

  • A while back economist Ma Kai published an article in the Commonwealth arguing that the economic meltdown and the rise of China require a complete restructuring of Taiwan's economy, and that Taiwan was overdependent on China.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Michael Turton 2009

  • A while back economist Ma Kai published an article in the Commonwealth arguing that the economic meltdown and the rise of China require a complete restructuring of Taiwan's economy, and that Taiwan was overdependent on China.

    ECFA Round Up Michael Turton 2009

  • The current account of the balance of payments has constantly featured in recent economic bulletins coupled with arguments that the current account deficit makes SA overdependent on a sustained inflow of foreign capital.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

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