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spoon-fed

  [spoon-fed]
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–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.
Origin:
1900–05
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spoon-feed

  [spoon-feed, -feed]
–verb (used with object), -fed, -feed⋅ing.
to cause to be spoon-fed.
Origin:
1605–15
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spoon-feed   (spōōn'fēd')
tr.v.   spoon-fed (-fěd'), spoon-feed·ing, spoon-feeds

  1. To feed (another) with a spoon.

  2. To treat (another) in a way that discourages independent thought or action, as by overindulgence.

    1. To provide (another) with knowledge or information in an oversimplified way.

    2. To provide (knowledge or information) in an oversimplified way.

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