unfledged.
Not having feathers.
Meaning & usage
Not having feathers.
Not having feathers. Of a bird: not yet having developed its feathers and wings and become able to fly.
Of a person: not yet fully grown or mature; lacking experience, like a novice or tyro; immature, inexperienced; hence, of or relating to youth.
Of a thing: not yet fully developed; imperfect, incomplete, unfinished.
Where this word comes from
From un- (suffix meaning ‘not’) + fledged (“furnished with feathers or wings”, adjective).
simple past and past participle of unfledge.
Where this word comes from
From unfledge (“to remove feathers from (a bird)”) + -ed (suffix forming past tense forms of verbs).
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