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inexperienced; or a person or organization that is inexperiencedThis sense of fledgling comes from the now less commonly used sense of the word which references a bird that recently fledged (developed its flight feathers).
- She is a fledgling blogger.
fledgling = inexperienced (just starting out)
- The incident tested and cemented our fledgling friendship.
- a fledgling enterprise
- a fledgling skier
- a fledgling robin
- Over such feeble fledglings the directress spread a wing of kindliest protection: it was to their bedside she came at night to tuck them warmly in...Charlotte Bronte -- The Professor
- I've knowed him ever since he was a fledgling.Frances Hodgson Burnett -- The Secret Garden
- Finally, the raucous fledglings quieted.James Patterson -- The Angel Experiment
- After a little practice, you can tell what year a fledgling is without checking the crest on her jacket.P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast -- Betrayed
- The director had arranged to let her use the school's practice rooms, and she was beginning to tinker with some fledgling compositions.Nicholas Sparks -- The Last Song
- But Laura is a fledgling.Thomas C. Foster -- How to Read Literature Like a Professor
- We made plans to raise pigs and chickens in an ambitious extension of our fledgling cooperative.Pat Conroy -- The Water is Wide
- I have no more coordination than a fledgling.Christopher Paolini -- Brisingr
- It was with these strangers that he practiced his fledgling English, away from Eulalio's gleeful criticisms.Junot Diaz -- Drown
- We talked about the fledglings in the nest above us.David Almond -- Skellig
- It was his first misstep, but how to make him see it without wounding his fledgling confidence?George R.R. Martin -- A Game of Thrones
- On the day a committee of men decided to murder the fledgling Congo, what do you suppose Mama Mwanza was doing?Barbara Kingsolver -- The Poisonwood Bible
- Her temple was deeply sunken as if a hammer had struck it and frail as a fledgling's belly.James Agee -- A Death in the Family
- Almost half the fledgling Farm got infectious hepatitis.Peter Jenkins -- A Walk Across America
- Marley's fledgling acting career was over.John Grogan -- Marley & Me
fledglings = baby birds that recently grew feathers for flight
fledgling = a person that is inexperienced; or a bird that just recently developed the feathers that it uses to fly
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