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
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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Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2025
The jury has been shown transcripts of angry emails and text messages between Serafini and his wife’s parents that show a heated ongoing dispute over a $1.3 million loan from his in-laws to help fund his wife’s fledgling horse ranch business.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2025
In 1966, spurred on by the local revolution that was birthing bands such as Jefferson Airplane, Santana and the Grateful Dead, Stone decided to combine his fledgling band with one led by his brother Freddie, forming Sly and the Family Stone.
—Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 10 June 2025
As an angry orphan, Eve was taken in by Anjelica Huston’s Director, who runs a co-ed academy of fledgling mercenaries called the Ruska Roma.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
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Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2025
The jury has been shown transcripts of angry emails and text messages between Serafini and his wife’s parents that show a heated ongoing dispute over a $1.3 million loan from his in-laws to help fund his wife’s fledgling horse ranch business.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2025
In 1966, spurred on by the local revolution that was birthing bands such as Jefferson Airplane, Santana and the Grateful Dead, Stone decided to combine his fledgling band with one led by his brother Freddie, forming Sly and the Family Stone.
—Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 10 June 2025
As an angry orphan, Eve was taken in by Anjelica Huston’s Director, who runs a co-ed academy of fledgling mercenaries called the Ruska Roma.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for fledgling
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“Fledgling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fledgling. Accessed 22 Jun. 2025.
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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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