unfledged
- a (of birds) not yet having developed feathers
a small unfledged sparrow on the window sill - s (of an arrow) not equipped with feathers
shot an unfledged arrow - s young and inexperienced
an unfledged lawyer
- Single sun worshippers are put through a long probation period before becoming fully unfledged members, thus ensuring that they do not join merely to play hide and peek.
- Romans were busy converting their palazzi into flats for tourists; there were no commissions for an unfledged architetto veneziano.
- As important to the authors as the practical instructions for "unfledged surgeons" are the simple, poetical introductory chapters on the "science of gentleness.