unblooded

adj

unblooded

adj

Etymology From un- + blooded.

1

Not yet blooded; untried in battle; still to take part in combat.

Recalling his anxiety as an unblooded lieutenant on the eve of the Mexican War, Ulysses S. Grant confessed, “I felt sorry that I had enlisted.”2009 October 11, Elizabeth D. Samet, “Marine Dreams”, in New York Times:

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.