Definition of Overdependent

1. Adjective. Excessively dependent ¹

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Definition of Overdependent

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overdependent

overdecorates
overdecorating
overdecoration
overdecorations
overdede
overdelicate
overdelighted
overdelivering
overdemanding
overdense
overdensities
overdensity
overdenture
overdependence
overdependences
overdependent (current term)
overdesign
overdesigned
overdesigning
overdesigns
overdetection
overdetermination
overdetermine
overdetermined
overdetermines
overdetermining
overdevelop
overdeveloped
overdeveloping
overdevelopment

Literary usage of Overdependent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. English Drama of the Restoration and Eighteenth Century, 1642-1780 by George Henry Nettleton (1914)
"Mrs. Hardcastle, like Mrs. Croaker in the earlier comedy, is overdependent upon farcical appeal. There is, perhaps, a hint of more genuine vitality in ..."

2. Treatment Services for Adolescent Substance Abusers by Alfred S. Friedman (1998)
"There was a starving, overdependent, intense attachment between the mother and her child. Since the mother hadn't been able to let go of her dependent ..."

3. Training the Girl: By William A. McKeever by William Arch McKeever (1914)
"'As a matter of fact, there is more danger that the child will become overdependent from the fault of too much direction than that she will dislike the ..."

4. South Korea: A Country Study by Andrea Matles Savada, William Shaw (1992)
"... consisted of initial steps toward the building of a self-sufficient industrial structure that was neither consumption oriented nor overdependent on oil. ..."

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