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un·fledged

   [uhn-flejd]
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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unfledged (ʌnˈflɛdʒd)
 
—adj
1.  (of a young bird) not having developed adult feathers
2.  immature and undeveloped

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unfledged
c.1600, of persons, "immature, not experienced," from un- (1) "not" + pp. of fledge. Literal sense of "not yet covered in feathers" is recorded from 1610s.
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