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unflighted

unflighted adjective: lacking flight feathers, typically due to immaturity (compare flightless).

Adjective

unflighted (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Lacking flight feathers, typically due to immaturity (compare flightless)
    • This breed of canary is unflighted for the first six months of its life.
    Antonyms:
    flighted
  2. Lacking flights (arrows, a screw thread, etc.).
    • Unflighted darts have a tendency to tumble.

Antonyms of unflighted

Origin of unflighted

From un- + flighted.

Questions about unflighted

What does unflighted mean?
Unflighted means lacking flight feathers, typically due to immaturity (compare flightless).
What part of speech is unflighted?
Unflighted is an adjective.

Words near unflighted in the dictionary

  1. unflexibly
  2. unflexing
  3. unflicked
  4. unflickering
  5. unflickeringly
  6. unflighted
  7. unflightworthy
  8. unflighty
  9. unflimsy
  10. unflinching
  11. unflinchingly

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