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Noun featherbed has 1 sense

• featherbed(n = noun.artifact) feather bed - a mattress stuffed with feathers; Array
is a kind of mattress

Verb featherbed has 2 senses

• featherbed(v = verb.social) baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil - treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
is one way to do by, handle, treat
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

• featherbed(v = verb.communication) Array - hire more workers than are necessary; Array
is one way to employ, engage, hire
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s

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featherbed

Inaction

N inaction, passiveness, abstinence from action, noninterference, nonintervention, Fabian policy, conservative policy, neglect, inactivity, rest, quiescence, want of occupation, inoccupation, idle hours, time hanging on one's hands, dolce far niente, sinecure, featherbed, featherbedding, cushy job, no-show job, soft snap, soft thing, not doing, not done, undone, passive, unoccupied, unemployed, out of employ, out of work, fallow, desaeuvre, re infecta, at a stand, les bras croisis, with folded arms, with the hands in the pockets, with the hands behind one's back, pour passer le temps, Int, so let it be!, stop!, hands off!, cunctando restituit rem, If it ain't broke don't fix it, stare decisis, let the decision stand.

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