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# unfledged

adjective

«unfledged» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Of a young bird, not yet grown its feathers, so it cannot fly yet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfledged/#m1)
2. (figurative) young and not yet experienced. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfledged/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories, the young birds in a nest that have no feathers and must wait to be fed; in a tale the young nestlings are helpless and depend on their parents

### Examples

- The unfledged chicks sat with open beaks in the nest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfledged/#x1)
- Mum bird flew off to find worms for the unfledged young. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfledged/#x2)
- Our class felt like unfledged learners on the first day of the new school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfledged/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «unfledged» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfledged/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«unfledged» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/unfledged.html) on Mova free.