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• past participle of spoon-feed.
• past tense form of spoon-feed.

spoon-fed

American  

[spoon-fed] / ˈspunˌfɛd /

adjective

1. fed with a spoon.

2. treated with excessive solicitude; pampered.

3. given no opportunity to act or think for oneself.

   Having always been spoon-fed, I couldn't meet the challenge of college.

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Etymology

Origin of spoon-fed

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

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spoon-fed

Some of them have been feeding on spoon-fed pap by the rich and powerful for so long that — as A.J.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2025

"I spoon-fed the police," she explains with exasperation as she shows us print-outs of text messages and voicemails.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2025

At a scoop shop in downtown Manhattan, a large white poodle was spoon-fed what appeared to be vanilla ice cream.

From New York Times ● May 16, 2024

I was largely content to live within those musically monolithic walls, supremely enjoying the fact that I'd been spoon-fed "In Utero" since I was in utero.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2023

I suppose he had felt like a baby, being spoon-fed.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien