Definitions for featherbedding

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featherbedding feath·er·bed·ding

Spelling: [feth -er-bed-ing]

IPA: /ˈfɛð ərˌbɛd ɪŋ/

Featherbedding is a 14 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 27 points.

You can make 1525 anagrams from letters in featherbedding (abddeeefghinrt).

Definitions for featherbedding

noun

1. the practice of requiring an employer to hire unnecessary employees, to assign unnecessary work, or to limit production according to a union rule or safety statute:

verb (used with or without object)

1. to subject to or engage in featherbedding.

Origin of featherbedding

First recorded in 1920-25; feather + bedding