Word: featherbedded
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: fe
ather
be
dded
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of featherbed; hire more workers than are necessary
Morphemes:
Affix: feather
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To arrange in the manner or appearance of feathers.
Affix: bed
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To settle, as machinery.
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.