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Definition of Overdependent
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overdependent
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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