单词 | featherbedding |
释义 | featherbedding (once / 48243 pages) n WORD FAMILY featherbedding USAGE EXAMPLESThe 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 Hyper pattern, practice a customary way of operation or behavior |
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