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fledgling

[ flej-ling ]

noun

  1. a young bird just fledged.
  2. an inexperienced person.

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adjective

  1. young, new, or inexperienced:

    a fledgling diver.

fledgling

/ ˈڱɛɪŋ /

noun

  1. a young bird that has just fledged
    1. a young and inexperienced or untried person, organization or system
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fledgling

  1. A young bird that has just grown the feathers needed to fly and is capable of surviving outside the nest.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fledgling1

First recorded in 1820–30; fledge + -ling 1
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It was still a fledgling career path at the time.

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The Flock cameras, he said, are not totally compatible with the LAPD’s systems, including the department’s fledgling real-time crime center, which monitors intelligence gathered from around the city.

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When they were allowed to return 38 days later, villagers said, they found their homes ransacked and half destroyed, and the fledgling signs of a permanent Israeli presence.

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Analysts say that punishing anyone from factions fighting alongside the government could trigger a wide-scale insurrection — a potentially deadly blow to a fledgling government relying on those groups to secure its grip of the country.

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And because pollution is no respecter of ZIP codes, this fledgling environmental justice movement energized other parts of L.A. too.

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