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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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 12 May 2024
But many consider Corman’s greatest Hollywood legacy to be his nurturing of young talent and providing in-house training to fledgling filmmakers who went on to become Hollywood heavyweights.
—Dennis McLellan, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2024
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“Fledgling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fledgling. Accessed 17 May. 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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