often attributive
1
: a young bird just fledged (see fledge sense 1)
a female bird feeding her fledglings
2
: an immature or inexperienced person
fledgling medical students
3
: one that is new
a fledgling company
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Examples of fledgling in a Sentence
a female bird feeding her fledglings
at hockey he's still a fledgling and needs to work on his basic skating skills
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Park, himself born into poverty, vowed to grow South Korea’s fledgling economy at all costs, including to his people’s civil liberties.
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Michael Mitsanas and Chou Lee / Seoul, TIME, 13 June 2024
For the fledgling filmmaker, the project is both labor of love and a dream come true.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 12 June 2024
Bowie’s fledgling wine company, Tranquil Blends Wine, was among them.
—La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 10 June 2024
Loading your audio article SAN JOSE — A tech and biotech incubator hub in San Jose is gaining traction and tenants, a fledgling complex that may offer a hopeful counterpoint to a grim landscape for the office market in the Bay Area.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 7 June 2024
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“Fledgling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fledgling. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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fledgling
noun
fledg·ling
ˈflej-liŋ 
1
: a young bird just fledged
2
: an immature or inexperienced person
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