diff --git src/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/style.css src/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/style.css
index 75e3d28c46..24e98c4119 100644
--- src/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/style.css
+++ src/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/style.css
@@ -825,6 +825,9 @@ article.sticky .featured-post {
 	margin: 0 0 24px;
 	margin: 0 0 1.714285714rem;
 	line-height: 1.714285714;
+	hyphens: none;
+	-webkit-hyphens: none;
+	-moz-hyphens: none;
 }
 .entry-content a:visited,
 .comment-content a:visited {