The phrase "over rely on" is not correct in standard English; the correct form is "over-rely on." You can use it when discussing excessive dependence on something or someone.
Example: "It's important not to over-rely on technology for all our decision-making."
Alternatives: "excessively depend on" or "overdepend on."
Move beyond simplistic case studies: To meet media demands for personal appeal, we over rely on case studies.
Some drivers over rely on the in-car technology and get cocooned into a false sense of security.
To investigate the rate of automation bias – the propensity of people to over rely on automated advice and the factors associated with it.
Its members love the spirit of programs like "Race to the Top" and because they over rely on intellect and the technocratic answer, their characterizations of schools and schooling can come to sound dehumanizing for adults and children alike.
Indeed, there is a strong sense among many in the Arab World that we over rely on our military might at the expense of doing more in the areas of education, governance and civil society.
Lots of people the world over rely on water from rocks (groundwater), and they are naturally concerned about contamination by shale gas.
In addition, the community over relies on forest resources to meet their economic and food needs, especially at times of scarcity occasioned by droughts.
"We over relied on the herbicide, and Mother Nature will not be defeated... as a result, a number of weed species have increased in intensity".
The problem of over- relying on property taxes has not been resolved in the middle districts".
It became clear that the government had over-relied on the contractor and undercut its own institutions.
Wolf, they said, seemed to have over-relied on his initial report, ignored his subsequent qualification, and then built a larger conspiracy theory on top of that.
