Related Words for featherbedding

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Word	Syllables	Categories
cronyism	/xxx	Noun
crony	/x	Noun
unions	/x	Noun
inefficiency	xx/xx	Noun
mismanagement	x/xx	Noun
profiteering	xx/x	Noun
bureaucracy	x/xx	Noun
malfeasance	x/x	Noun
baloney	x/x	Noun
overpaid	/x/	Adjective
bureaucratic	xx/x	Adjective
extortion	x/x	Noun
euphemism	/xxx	Noun
managerialism	xx/xxxx	Noun
employment	x/x	Noun
dilution	x/x	Noun
unionization	xxx/x	Noun
hiring	/x	Noun
retrenchment	x/x	Noun
blanketing	/xx	Verb
crowdsourcing	//x	Noun
staffing	/x	Noun
crowding	/x	Noun
folding	/x	Noun
brain drain	//	Phrase, Noun
usage	/x	Noun
sacking	/x	Noun
blacking	/x	Noun
plantation	x/x	Noun
laboring	/xx	Noun
downsizing	/xx	Noun
slavery	/xx	Noun
mechanization	xxx/x	Noun
exploitation	xx/x	Noun
racketeering	xx/x	Noun
fattening	/xx	Noun
trucking	/x	Noun
feasting	/x	Noun
deindustrialization	/x/xxx/x	Noun
firing	/x	Noun
trade	/	Noun
cradling	/xx	Verb
toiling	/x	Verb
tax evasion	/x/x	Phrase, Noun
enslaving	x/x	Noun
gleaning	/x	Noun
quitting	/x	Verb
production	x/x	Noun
teaming	/x	Noun
labouring	/xx	Noun
sheeting	/x	Noun
meatpacking	/xx	Noun
cramming	/x	Noun
roundup	/x	Noun
brokerage	/xx	Noun
herding	/x	Noun
volunteerism	xx/xx	Noun
eliminate	x/xx	Verb
practices	/xx	Noun
rules	/	Noun
form	/	Noun
known	/	Verb
called	/	Verb
abstraction	x/x	Noun
anthropomorphism	xxx/xx	Noun
appeasement	x/x	Noun
argumentation	xxx/x	Noun
arrogance	/xx	Noun
backtracking	/xx	Noun
banditry	/xx	Noun
clairvoyance	x/x	Noun
commonsense	xx/	Noun, Adjective
contentment	x/x	Noun
machismo	x/x	Noun
objectivity	xx/xx	Noun
plagiarism	/xxx	Noun
traditionalist	x/xxx	Noun, Adjective
bulletproof	/xx	Adjective, Verb
stonewall	/x	Name, Verb, Adjective
no	/	Noun, Adverb, Adjective
shirtless	/x	Adjective
anymore	xx/	Adverb
die	/	Verb, Noun
breakeven	/xx	Verb, Noun, Adjective
sorta	/x	Adverb
milestone	/x	Noun, Verb
save	/	Verb, Noun