- unfledged
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adjective
Date: 1602
1. not feathered ; not ready for flight
2. not fully developed ; immature <an unfledged writer>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
unfledged
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Unfledged — Un*fledged , a. Not fledged; not feathered; hence, not fully developed; immature. Dryden. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
unfledged — index inexperienced, jejune (lacking maturity), juvenile Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
unfledged — (adj.) c.1600, of persons, immature, not experienced, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + pp. of FLEDGE (Cf. fledge). Literal sense of not yet covered in feathers is recorded from 1610s … Etymology dictionary
unfledged — [unflejd′] adj. 1. not fully fledged; unfeathered: said as of a young bird 2. immature; undeveloped … English World dictionary
unfledged — /un flejd /, adj. 1. not fledged; without sufficient feathers for flight, as a young bird. 2. immature; callow. [1595 1605; UN 1 + FLEDGED] * * * … Universalium
unfledged — adjective a) Of a bird that has yet to develop its wings and feathers and become able to fly b) inexperienced, like a tyro or novice Ant: fledged, experienced … Wiktionary
unfledged — Synonyms and related words: a novice at, a stranger to, adolescent, at half cock, budding, callow, dewy, ever new, evergreen, firsthand, fledgling, fresh, green, green as grass, growing, half baked, half cocked, half grown, ignorant, ill digested … Moby Thesaurus
unfledged — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Young] Syn. unfeathered, youthful, adolescent; see young 1 . 2. [Immature] Syn. undeveloped, inexperienced, raw; see childish 1 , young 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. undeveloped. see immature … English dictionary for students
unfledged — adj. lacking experience, immature; (of a bird) not yet having fully developed feathers for flight … English contemporary dictionary
unfledged — adjective 1》 not yet fledged. 2》 inexperienced; youthful … English new terms dictionary
