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featherbedding

English

  1. 🔊 the practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are required

Similar words

bedizenment duplication duplication of effort embellishment expletive extravagance fat filling frill frills frippery gingerbread luxury needlessness ornamentation overadornment overlap padding payroll padding pleonasm prolixity redundance redundancy superfluity