spoon-fed

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adjective
  1. fed with a spoon.

  2. treated with excessive solicitude; pampered.

  1. given no opportunity to act or think for oneself: Having always been spoon-fed, I couldn't meet the challenge of college.

Origin of spoon-fed

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First recorded in 1900–05

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How to use spoon-fed in a sentence

  • Don't aim to go through life spoon-fed; don't aim to get a soft seat.

  • At times he would partake only of liquid nourishment, then again would have to be spoon-fed.

  • Minds at first must be spoon-fed with truth, as babes with milk; a boy we bid feed himself, or starve.

    The Browning Cyclopdia | Edward Berdoe
  • She did not soil any more, but she sometimes drooled and had to be spoon-fed.

    Benign Stupors | August Hoch
  • It was difficult to get her to eat, and she had to be spoon-fed.

    Benign Stupors | August Hoch