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Featherbedding
verb
Word Frequency:
0.1
Definitions
1.
verb
To treat someone with excessive indulgence; to pamper, cosset or mollycoddle.
2.
noun
The employment of more workers than is necessary because of union rules, especially upon the introduction of new technology
Synonyms
short-staffing
underrecruitment
bunching
underloading
workfarce
keybedding
undermatching
underapplication
undermanagement
underresourcing
jobs for the boys
unemployment trap
Rhymes With
spreading
wedding
shedding
heading
treading
sledding
threading
shredding
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