unfed
nounEtymology From Middle English un-fedd, unfedd, equivalent to un- + fed.
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Biology, Natural sciences A mosquito that has not had a blood meal.
- The captured mosquitos were divided into feds and unfeds.
unfed
adjEtymology From Middle English un-fedd, unfedd, equivalent to un- + fed.
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Not fed.
- Unmentioned in the existing document, Henry would be left alone after I died: unfed, unwalked, unloved.2014 December 29, Jane Gross, “The Future, Revisited”, in The New York Times:
- “Every day, the California dream is dimmed by the wrenching reality of families and children and seniors living unfed on a concrete bed.”2020 February 19, Thomas Fuller, “California Governor Declares Homeless Crisis ‘a Disgrace’”, in The New York Times:
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Figuratively Unsupported.
- Derived terms
- unfedness