unfledged

1. 1.

   (of birds) not yet having developed feathers

   “a small unfledged sparrow on the window sill”

   Synonymsimmature

   Antonymsfledged

   Similarunfeathered
2. 2.

   (of an arrow) not equipped with feathers

   “shot an unfledged arrow”

   Synonymsfledgelessunvaned

   Similarunfeathered
3. 3.

   young and inexperienced

   “a fledgling enterprise”

   “a fledgling skier”

   “an unfledged lawyer”

   Synonymsfledglingcallow

   Similarinexperienced

Other forms of unfledged

comparative

unfledgedder·

superlative

unfledgeddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about unfledged

What does unfledged mean?

unfledged means "(of birds) not yet having developed feathers". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in unfledged?

unfledged has 2 syllables: un-fledged. The stress falls on "un".

What is another word for unfledged?

Close synonyms include immature, fledgeless, unvaned, fledgling, callow. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of unfledged?

The recorded antonyms are fledged.

Is unfledged a common word?

unfledged is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.