fledgling
About 0.85 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Untried or inexperienced.
- adjective Emergent or rising.
- noun A young bird which has just developed its flight feathers (notably wings).
- noun An insect that has just fledged, i.e. undergone its final moult to become an adult or imago.
- noun An immature, naïve or inexperienced person.
Similar words
fledgeling inexperienced neophyte freshman newcomer mature entrant starter fledged unfledged
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Word family
fledglings
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