unfledged

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʌnflɛd͡ʒd/, /ˌʌnˈflɛd͡ʒd/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌʌnˈflɛd͡ʒd/ Rhymes: -lɛdʒd Hyphenation: un‧fledged === Etymology 1 === From un- (suffix meaning ‘not’) +‎ fledged (“furnished with feathers or wings”, adjective). ==== Adjective ==== unfledged (not comparable) Not having feathers. Synonyms: (of a bird) apteric, featherless, unfeathered, unfletched Of a bird: not yet having developed its feathers and wings and become able to fly. Synonyms: callow, featherless Antonym: fledged (figurative) Of a person: not yet fully grown or mature; lacking experience, like a novice or tyro; immature, inexperienced; hence, of or relating to youth. Synonyms: callow, green, unfletched; see also Thesaurus:inexperienced Antonyms: see Thesaurus:experienced Of a thing: not yet fully developed; imperfect, incomplete, unfinished. Antonyms: full-fledged, full-blown, full-on ===== Derived terms ===== unfledgedness ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From unfledge (“to remove feathers from (a bird)”) +‎ -ed (suffix forming past tense forms of verbs). ==== Verb ==== unfledged simple past and past participle of unfledge. === References === === Further reading === “unfledged, adj.”, in Collins English Dictionary. “unfledged, adj.”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.