spoon-feed
verb
spoon-fed
ˈspün-ˌfed 
; spoon-feeding
; spoon-feeding
1
: to feed by means of a spoon
2
a
: to present (information) so completely as to preclude independent thought
spoon-feed material to students
b
: to present information to in this manner
Examples of spoon-feed in a Sentence
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Parents generally spoon-feed jars of pureed foods for a few months in the first year of life when introducing solids, but pouches marketed to parents of toddlers and older children have prolonged pureed food eating by years.
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
Buyers are proactive today, eager to find information through online research themselves rather than waiting for someone to spoon-feed it to them.
—Kelly Hopping, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Reese Witherspoon is spoon-feeding us another exquisite ‘fit!
—Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2024
To put it another way, neither the state legislators nor the governors had to break a sweat to draft and enact these measures — they were spoon-fed the texts.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2024
But Thanksgiving is upon us, and surely many of us will be ducking for cover as Uncle Chuck hurls social media talking points across the table — spoon-fed to him by an unholy algorithm tailored to reinforce his baser instincts.
—Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2023
Marshall had stomach cancer at the time and was only supposed to be fed through a tube, New York Magazine reported, but Smith spoon-fed him chicken broth.
—Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 15 May 2023
These are sympathetic and moving sentiments to be sure, but being spoon-fed these messages isn’t all that interesting.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2023
You’re not being spoon-fed.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2023
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
Buyers are proactive today, eager to find information through online research themselves rather than waiting for someone to spoon-feed it to them.
—Kelly Hopping, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Reese Witherspoon is spoon-feeding us another exquisite ‘fit!
—Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2024
To put it another way, neither the state legislators nor the governors had to break a sweat to draft and enact these measures — they were spoon-fed the texts.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2024
But Thanksgiving is upon us, and surely many of us will be ducking for cover as Uncle Chuck hurls social media talking points across the table — spoon-fed to him by an unholy algorithm tailored to reinforce his baser instincts.
—Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2023
Marshall had stomach cancer at the time and was only supposed to be fed through a tube, New York Magazine reported, but Smith spoon-fed him chicken broth.
—Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 15 May 2023
These are sympathetic and moving sentiments to be sure, but being spoon-fed these messages isn’t all that interesting.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2023
You’re not being spoon-fed.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2023
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“Spoon-feed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spoon-feed. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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