fledgling /ˈflɛd͡ʒ.lɪŋ/noun 3adjective 2forms 1 noun3 •A young bird which has just developed its flight feathers (notably wings). •An insect that has just fledged, i.e. undergone its final moult to become an adult or imago. •(figurative) An immature, naïve or inexperienced person. adjective2 •Untried or inexperienced.His trenchant criticisms of the Church's repression […] include a discussion of the considerable 1938 success of the fledgling NODL in getting magazines removed from various points of sale. — 2011 •Emergent or rising. formsfledglings
