featherbedding

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English

Definitions

verb

To treat someone with excessive indulgence; to pamper, cosset or mollycoddle.

noun

The employment of more workers than is necessary because of union rules, especially upon the introduction of new technology

Related words

Synonyms

short-staffing underrecruitment bunching underloading workfarce keybedding undermatching underapplication undermanagement underresourcing jobs for the boys unemployment trap paperhanging fluff-up underinvestment underplacement

Associated

bargaining economically rules railroad term practice example work

Rhymes

spreading wedding shedding heading treading sledding threading shredding dreading breading

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