Usually means: Protected by excessive or unnecessary comforts.
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  1. featherbedded: Merriam-Webster
  2. featherbedded: Vocabulary.com
  3. featherbedded: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. featherbedded: Wiktionary
  5. featherbedded: Dictionary.com
  6. featherbedded: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (featherbed)

noun:  A mattress stuffed with feathers.
noun:  (especially UK, Dartmoor) An area of bog where a layer of moss covers a pool of water or mud, presenting a hazard to walkers who may fall through it. (Also in UK and Irish placenames.)
noun:  (cricket) A soft, slow pitch of predictable bounce.
verb:  (transitive) To treat someone with excessive indulgence; to pamper, cosset or mollycoddle.
verb:  (intransitive) To engage in featherbedding; to employ more workers than necessary to fulfill a labor union requirement.
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