adjective. (of an arrow) not equipped with feathers.
1. The fledgeless bird sat alone in the nest, waiting for its feathers to grow. 2. After several weeks, the fledgeless chick finally took its first tentative flight.
1. "I was a fledgeless bird, and it was time to soar." Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine 2. "Without a sense of place, you are fledgeless, unrooted, and disconnected from the land." Gary Snyder, The Practice of the Wild
