Synonyms for unfledged
- adjective
Most common
green raw inexperienced callow fledgling featherless immature fledgeless
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Inexperienced — of a person, not yet fully grown or mature; lacking experience, like a novice or tyro; immature…
inexperienced, callow, green, raw, new, fresh, unseasoned, unexperienced, unversed, unpracticed US, unpractised UK, unfletched, youthful, unskilled, untried
2. Fledgling — not having feathers. Of a bird, not yet having developed its feathers and wings and become able to fly
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Not having feathers. Of a bird: not yet having developed its feathers and wings and become able to fly.
- adj. 2
Of a person: not yet fully grown or mature; lacking experience, like a novice or tyro; immature, inexperienced; hence, of or relating to youth.
Example sentences
- green Do you know who that tall blonde girl in green is?
- raw Generally speaking, Westerners don't eat fish raw.
- inexperienced Tom is inexperienced and makes extreme statements.
- callow He’s too callow to handle such responsibilities.
- fledgling I've found a fledgling sparrow. What should I do?
- featherless A man is a featherless biped.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| unfledged | steady | |
| green | rising | |
| raw | falling | |
| inexperienced | steady | |
| callow | rising | |
| fledgling | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- new1, raw1
- 5 letters
- green1, fresh1
- 6 letters
- callow2
- 7 letters
- untried2, apteric
- 8 letters
- immature3, youthful2, unversed
- 9 letters
- fledgling2, unskilled2
- 10 letters
- unseasoned, unfletched, fledgeless
- 11 letters
- featherless3, unpracticed, unfeathered, unpractised
- 13 letters
- inexperienced5, unexperienced
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (callow2 = 2 syllables).