fledgling
/ˈflɛdʒlɪŋ/
adjective
- New, inexperienced, or just beginning.
- The fledgling company launched its first product last month.
- The fledgling band played their first show at a small club.
- She is a fledgling teacher, still learning classroom management.
noun
- A young bird that has just developed wing feathers and is learning to fly.
- A fledgling often stays close to its parents for food and protection.
- The fledgling hopped out of the nest and flapped its wings.
- We rescued a fledgling that had gotten lost in the storm.
- A person or thing that is new, inexperienced, or just starting out.
- The fledgling democracy faced many challenges in its first year.
- As a fledgling in the business, he made many mistakes.
- The fledgling journalist was eager to cover her first big story.