Fledgling

Word FLEDGLING
Character 9
Hyphenation fledgling
Pronunciations /ˈflɛd͡ʒ.lɪŋ/

Definitions and meanings of "Fledgling"

What do we mean by fledgling?

A young bird that has recently acquired its flight feathers. noun

A young or inexperienced person. noun

New and untried or inexperienced. adjective

A young bird just fledged. noun

Hence A raw or inexperienced person. noun

Newly fledged; untried.

Having just acquired its flight feathers; -- of a young bird. adjective

Young and inexperienced. adjective

This sense?) untried or inexperienced adjective

A young bird which has just developed its flight feathers (notably wings). noun

An immature, naïve and/or inexperienced person. noun

Any new participant in some activity noun

(of a young bird) having acquired its flight feathers adjective

Young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying noun

Young and inexperienced adjective

A young bird which has just developed its flight feathers (notably wings).

An insect that has just fledged, i.e. undergone its final moult to become an adult or imago.

An immature, naïve or inexperienced person.

A person who has been marked to become a vampyre but has yet completed the change. Urban Dictionary

Adult children that briefly left home that couldn't make it in the real world and moved back into their parents home (nest) Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Fledgling

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The word "fledgling" in example sentences

The site is in fledgling stages, so info and photos are lacking a bit, but I do think this site needs to branch out into sweetwater. ❋ Unknown (2009)

LONDON — Police increased their guard around Buckingham Palace and other landmarks Wednesday as security officials monitored what they described as a fledgling terror plot to wage Mumbai-style shooting sprees or other attacks on Britain, France or Germany. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

Lest anyone suspect that her head was turned by the exhilarating successes of the past year, however, she called her fledgling venture Abishag Productions. ❋ Bennetts, Leslie (2008)

Here, he says that anyone who supports the United States in this occupation should be attacked, that is, the fledgling government here. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Their instinct, though, is right on: having just the right trademark can make or break a fledgling product or technology. ❋ Erika Morphy (2011)

Recalling the fledgling days in founding his 826 Valencia literary program for children, author Eggers called Kass his mentor. ❋ Catherine Bigelow (2011)

MONTREAL - When Quebec politician Henri Bourassa proposed to call his fledgling newspaper Le Devoir - or The Duty - there were doubts even in his elevated circle as to whether a paper by that name devoted to harping on the theme of "public duty" would find a sustaining readership. ❋ Unknown (2010)

KONKRET, called the fledgling paper "Baby-FAZ," implying that it wasn't very different from the bourgeoisie ❋ Unknown (2009)

They plan to call the fledgling organisation Rainka, a combination of "rainbow" and "kankra", a word they use among themselves that Mbewe says is based on the Bemba word for fruits. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The provision for class action suits, giving the shareholders the right to decide the remunerations, broadening the scope of disclosure norms - would certainly help grow the idea of fledgling shareholder democracy, she said.

Four years later Yvon Chouinard would call his fledgling clothing company, Patagonia, in honour of that and later trips to the region. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Organizers and participants in the nation's only working cap-and-trade program for carbon emissions called the fledgling attempt to reduce greenhouse gas emissions a success Wednesday. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Don't give them extra opportunity to call your fledgling over to the dark side. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Person A: I was reading [the House] of Night series and I found out what I would want to be if I wasn't human. Person B: Really? What's that? Person A: A fledgling like [Zoey] [Redbird] with awesome affinities!!! ❋ Splover013 (2009)

Did you hear that the [Cadman] boy moved back home after he couldn't get a job [after eight] years of college getting a doctorate in Theater Arts? I feel sorry for them about their [failed fledgling]. ❋ Jmbraben (2021)

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