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fledgling
1. adj. Untried or inexperienced.
2. adj. Emergent or rising.
3. n. A young bird which has just developed its flight feathers (notably wings).
4. n. An insect that has just fledged, i.e. undergone its final moult to become an adult or imago.
5. n. (figuratively) An immature, naïve or inexperienced person.

Example Sentences

After the humiliation of seeing the fledgling currency drop like a stone for the first two years of its life, Europe's finance ministers and central bankers like the status of having a strong currency.

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