featherbedding

غير معدود

A noun referring to the practice, typically by a labor union, of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are actually needed for a job.

• 🌐مصطلح يشير إلى ممارسة، غالبًا من جانب النقابات العمالية، تُلزم صاحب العمل بتعيين عدد من العمال أكثر مما تتطلبه الحاجة الفعلية للعمل، أو إلى إيجاد وظائف زائدة عن الحاجة لتفادي التسريح.

1. Excessive hiring practice C2 formal

   The practice, often by labor unions, of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are actually needed for a job.

   • The union was accused of featherbedding by insisting on three stagehands for a simple setup.
   • Featherbedding can lead to inefficiency and higher costs for companies.
   • The contract included a clause that critics called featherbedding.

   🌐التوظيف المفرط

   المرادفات: make-work

• featherbeddings plural form
• featherbeddings' possessive plural form
• featherbedding's possessive singular form

A verb meaning to provide someone with excessively comfortable or favorable conditions, often in a workplace or political context, or to pamper.

• 🌐فعل يعني توفير ظروف مريحة أو مواتية بشكل مفرط لشخص ما، غالبًا في سياق العمل أو السياسة، أو تدليله وإفساده بالدلال.

1. Treat with excessive indulgence C1 informal british

   To pamper or coddle someone, providing them with more comfort or luxury than necessary.

   • The hotel staff featherbedded the VIP guests with extra pillows and champagne.
   • Parents sometimes featherbed their children, making them unprepared for real life.
   • He was featherbedded by his assistants, who did all the difficult work for him.

   🌐الدلال المفرط

   المرادفات: babycoddlecossetindulgemollycoddlepamperspoil

   الأضداد: abusedisciplinehardenignoremistreatneglecttoughen

2. Hire more workers than necessary C1 formal british

   To employ an excessive number of workers, often due to union agreements or to avoid layoffs, resulting in inefficiency.

   • The factory was featherbedded, with three workers doing a job that one could handle.
   • The union insisted on featherbedding, requiring extra staff on every shift.
   • The company's featherbedding practices led to high operational costs.

   🌐توظيف عمالة زائدة عن الحاجة

• featherbedded past participle
• featherbedded past simple
• featherbedding present participle
• featherbeds third person singular