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
Synonyms
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
Recent Examples on the Web
As of last year, the fledgling industry had grown to nearly $3 billion in annual sales, fueled by online and in-person purchases.
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John Diedrich, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Ashley Okwuosa, The Examination | Amy Yurkanin, Al.com, Journal Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2024
But even before the bill was drafted in November, lobbyists from the politically powerful real estate and agriculture industries successfully watered down the fledgling bill and derailed it.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024
Peltz, a longtime activist investor, has been publicly critical of Disney on and off for more than a year given the company’s struggling stock price and steep losses racked up by its fledgling streaming operations.
—William Earl, Variety, 30 Mar. 2024
Baidu, which in 2023 said its chatbot matched GPT in some respects, has also financed fledgling firms but largely focused on developing its in-house Ernie platform.
—Jane Zhang, Fortune Asia, 5 Mar. 2024
Perhaps because the competition wasn’t that bright, either, the Guerreros Unidos eventually managed to consolidate its fledgling operation, and even imbue it with a sort of mystique.
—Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
Citing fledgling demand as the reason, luxury car company Aston Martin has put a pause on its first battery electric cars till demand picks up in 2026, while Germany’s Mercedes Benz has also revised its milestone to achieve its sales goal of 50% all-electric cars to 2030 from 2025.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 4 Mar. 2024
Running into dead ends and having to backtrack is natural for a fledgling field like astrobiology.
—Elise Cutts, WIRED, 7 Apr. 2024
But Patel's conviction, both as a fledgling director and an intensely likable actor, has a blurring effect on the movie's flaws.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
John Diedrich, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Ashley Okwuosa, The Examination | Amy Yurkanin, Al.com, Journal Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2024
But even before the bill was drafted in November, lobbyists from the politically powerful real estate and agriculture industries successfully watered down the fledgling bill and derailed it.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024
Peltz, a longtime activist investor, has been publicly critical of Disney on and off for more than a year given the company’s struggling stock price and steep losses racked up by its fledgling streaming operations.
—William Earl, Variety, 30 Mar. 2024
Baidu, which in 2023 said its chatbot matched GPT in some respects, has also financed fledgling firms but largely focused on developing its in-house Ernie platform.
—Jane Zhang, Fortune Asia, 5 Mar. 2024
Perhaps because the competition wasn’t that bright, either, the Guerreros Unidos eventually managed to consolidate its fledgling operation, and even imbue it with a sort of mystique.
—Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
Citing fledgling demand as the reason, luxury car company Aston Martin has put a pause on its first battery electric cars till demand picks up in 2026, while Germany’s Mercedes Benz has also revised its milestone to achieve its sales goal of 50% all-electric cars to 2030 from 2025.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 4 Mar. 2024
Running into dead ends and having to backtrack is natural for a fledgling field like astrobiology.
—Elise Cutts, WIRED, 7 Apr. 2024
But Patel's conviction, both as a fledgling director and an intensely likable actor, has a blurring effect on the movie's flaws.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
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“Fledgling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fledgling. Accessed 23 Apr. 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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