fledgling
new, inexperienced, or just beginning
Root
- fledge: grow feathers, gain wings, or become fully able
Other words with the fledge root
- full-fledged: fully developed or complete
A fledgling has new wings: out of the nest, but not yet steady in the air.
The fledgling company had good ideas and almost no discipline.
A fledgling is a young bird newly able to fly. As a person or project, it has begun but has not yet grown strong.