unfledged

[ uhn-flejd ]

/ ʌnˈflɛdʒd /

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adjective

not fledged; without sufficient feathers for flight, as a young bird.

immature; callow.

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Origin of unfledged

First recorded in 1595–1605; un-¹ + fledged

Words nearby unfledged

unfix, unflagging, unflappable, unflapped, unflattering, unfledged, unfleshly, unflinching, unfocused, unfold, unfollow

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How to use unfledged in a sentence

This we did, and there in the nest it stayed for some days, its mate feeding it with flies as though it were still unfledged.
Swallow|H. Rider Haggard
Her lawyer was merely an unfledged practitioner assigned to her defense as a formality of the court.
Within the Law|Marvin Dana
For the first year of the three she opened her social circuit as comprehensively as an unfledged barrister.
Lady Lilith|Stephen McKenna
It was at Lutzen, a bloody fight, and no bad initiation for an unfledged soldier.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846|Various

He is no longer a boy, but an unfledged, undeveloped man—a creature, half of the past and half of the future.
My Wife and I|Harriet Beecher Stowe

British Dictionary definitions for unfledged

unfledged

/ (ʌnˈflɛdʒd) /

adjective

(of a young bird) not having developed adult feathers

immature and undeveloped

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