unfledged
Too young fly
Unfledged describes a young bird that hasn't yet developed the feathers needed for flight.
By extension, it applies to people or things that are immature, inexperienced, or undeveloped: an unfledged recruit, unfledged ideas that needed more time to develop.
The word carries a sense of not being ready to leave the nest.
Unfledged young bird
- hatchlingRecently emerged young
- chickYoung bird, especially poultry
- downyHaving soft, fine texture
- featherlessLacking avian covering
juvenile · callow · unfeathered · young · brood · pinfeather · helpless · dependent
Color of vegetation
- callowYouthfully naive and untested
- rawIn original state
- untriedNot yet tested
- untestedNot yet examined
novice · naive · immature · unprepared · unschooled · unseasoned · untrained · rookie
nestling
Unfledged young bird
featherless · juvenile · callow · unfeathered · young · brood · pinfeather · helpless · dependent · vulnerable
green
Color of vegetation
untested · novice · naive · immature · unprepared · unschooled · unseasoned · untrained · rookie · unripe
unfledgedfledged
Having flight feathers
full-fledged · mature · grown · adult · grown-up
unfledgedexperienced
Having practical knowledge gained
seasoned · mature · sophisticated · worldly · worldly-wise