fledgling

Speech parts

1. fledgling - Noun

2. fledgling - Adjective

3. fledgling - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

any new participant in some activity

young and inexperienced

young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying

(of a young bird) having acquired its flight feathers

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It is so difficult to find something interesting and new, but instead of helping me to develop fledgling ideas in their infancy, you guys immediately look for a way to attack them. Gersh Budker

I really think more fledgling novelists - and many current and even established novelists - should get out into the real world and cover local politics, sports, culture, and crime and write it up on deadline. C. J. Box

Because you are the superhero fledgling. I'm just your more attractive sidekick. Oh, and the herd of nerds are your dorky minions. P. C. Cast

I was at that time like a fledgling swallow living high up in a niche in the eaves, who from time to time peeps out over the top of its nest with its little bright eyes. Pierre Loti

To turn really interesting ideas and fledgling technologies into a company that can continue to innovate for years, it requires a lot of disciplines. Steve Jobs

It's the nature that draws the woodpecker's fledgling to the tree. Finnish Proverb

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