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un⋅fledged

  [uhn-flejd]
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–adjective
1. not fledged; without sufficient feathers for flight, as a young bird.
2. immature; callow.
Origin:
1595–1605; un- 1 + fledged
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un·fledged   (ŭn-flějd')   
adj.  

  1. Not having the feathers necessary to fly. Used of a young bird.

  2. Inexperienced, immature, or untried.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

unfledged 
1602, of persons, "immature, not experienced," from un- (1) "not" + pp. of fledge. Lit. sense of "not yet covered in feathers" is recorded from 1611.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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