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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.
Not having the feathers necessary to fly. Used of a young bird.
Inexperienced, immature, or untried.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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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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