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spoon-fed
[ spoon-fed ]
/ ËspunËfÉd /
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adjective
fed with a spoon.
treated with excessive solicitude; pampered.
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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Origin of spoon-fed
First recorded in 1900â05
Words nearby spoon-fed
spoon bow, spoon bread, spoondrift, spoonerism, spooney, spoon-fed, spoon-feed, spoonful, spoon hook, spoon nail, spoon theory
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