0 to give someone too much care or protection:
They must not be armed with pikes, but they can't expect to be mollycoddled.
If the tenants wish to be further mollycoddled, let them be so at their own risk because they will lose the goodwill of the landlords.
We are not about mollycoddling, or protecting industry from the harsh whims of the market.
The equity of the system is difficult to perceive, although no service man would wish to expect to be mollycoddled.
This is another example of mollycoddling the nuclear industry.
I am not advocating that we pander to their every whim and mollycoddle them.
Is it then not time we stopped mollycoddling them and looked at the real causes of the problems before we come up with solutions?
Mollycoddling is not the answer, but the challenge to become competitive and make the industry attractive is.
