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单词 featherbedding
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The bureaucracy is riddled with waste, fraud, abuse and featherbedding.
US News(Sep 15, 2016)
Surely there’s a certain amount of waste and featherbedding in a security industry that one study estimated at $350 billion a year.
Time(Sep 09, 2016)
Simply stated, government loans and grants have enabled colleges, schools, and universities to dramatically boost tuition and engage in massive bureaucratic featherbedding.
Forbes(Jul 06, 2014)
n the practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are required
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pattern, practice
a customary way of operation or behavior
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