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unfledged¹

  • /ˈʌnflɛd͡ʒd/ UK
  • /ˌʌnˈflɛd͡ʒd/ UK
  • /ˌʌnˈflɛd͡ʒd/ US

Rhymes with -ɛdʒd

Where it comes from

From un- (suffix meaning ‘not’) + fledged (“furnished with feathers or wings”, adjective).

adjective

  1. not comparable Not having feathers. Ambition is firſt Miniſter of State; / Love's but a ſecond in the Cabinet; / nor can he feather there his unfledg'd Shaft / But from Ambition's VVing: […]

    Similar: apteric, featherless, unfeathered, unfletched

  2. not comparable Of a bird: not yet having developed its feathers and wings and become able to fly. [W]e poore vnfledg'd / Haue never vving'd from vievv o' th'neſt; nor knovves^([sic – meaning know]) not / VVhat Ayre's from home.

    Similar: apteric, featherless, unfeathered, unfletched, callow · Opposite: fledged

  3. figuratively, not comparable Of a person: not yet fully grown or mature; lacking experience, like a novice or tyro; immature, inexperienced; hence, of or relating to youth. But do not dull the palme vvith entertaine, / Of euery nevv vnfledg'd courage, […]

    Similar: callow, green, unfletched, experienceless, inexperienced, unexperienced, fresh, new, punk, pup, raw, strange · Opposite: practiced, seasoned, versed, hard-bitten, qualified, veteran, accomplished, adept, old, hardened, knowing the ropes

  4. figuratively, not comparable Of a thing: not yet fully developed; imperfect, incomplete, unfinished. Beſides, it is not poſſible to give a young perſon a juſt vievv of life; he muſt have ſtruggled vvith his ovvn paſſions before he can eſtimate the force of the temptation vvhich betrayed his brother into vice. Thoſe vvho are entering life, and those vvho are departing, ſee the vvorld from ſuch very

    Opposite: full-fledged, full-blown, full-on

unfledged²

  • /ˈʌnflɛd͡ʒd/ UK
  • /ˌʌnˈflɛd͡ʒd/ UK
  • /ˌʌnˈflɛd͡ʒd/ US

Rhymes with -ɛdʒd

Where it comes from

From unfledge (“to remove feathers from (a bird)”) + -ed (suffix forming past tense forms of verbs).

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of unfledge

Translations

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adj not having feathers

Deutschungefiedert

adj of a bird: not yet having developed its feathers and wings and become able to fly

Portuguêsimplume
Deutschungefiedert, (noch) nicht flügge
Ελληνικάάπτερος ápteros
Русскийнеоперившийся neoperivšijsja

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@misc{unfledged_2026,
  title = {unfledged},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unfledged},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}