flightless

adj 3

Collocations

ADJ.

brown, comparable, interesting, large

VERB + FLIGHTLESS

including

FLIGHTLESS + NOUN

bird, birds, hen, insects, native, tasmanian

adj

Unable to fly.

Near-synonyms: apterous, wingless

The indigenous fauna of Australia and New Zealand featured an especially interesting array of flightless birds.

Unable to fly.

The animal shelter has a flightless sparrow named Shiny, who seems to make up for his disability by being an avid runner.

Unable to fly.

Oh great, some wind is blowing in Chicago, so now I'm flightless in Seattle, because this airline can't cope!

Near-synonyms: apterous, wingless

Wiktionary

The indigenous fauna of Australia and New Zealand featured an especially interesting array of flightless birds.

Wiktionary

America has its bald eagle and New Zealand has its kiwi, a flightless brown bird.

Wiktionary

The kiwi is a flightless bird of comparable size to the chicken.

Tatoeba · #3318766

Flightless birds are birds that can't fly.

Tatoeba · #7288142

The ostrich is a flightless bird.

Tatoeba · #7288144

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In some senses, flightless is marked as humorous. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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