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featherbedded

vb. (en-past of: featherbed)

WordNet
featherbed
  1. n. a mattress stuffed with feathers [syn: feather bed]

  2. v. treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" [syn: pamper, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge]

  3. hire more workers than are necessary

  4. [also: featherbedding, featherbedded]

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