flightless
Unable to flyUnable to fly.: Describing kinds of birds that normally cannot fly, such as the penguin, ostrich, and emu.
» Flightless birds are birds that can't fly.
Нелетающие птицы - это птицы, не умеющие летать.
Нелітаючі птахи — це птахи, що не вміють літаюти.
Meaning
3 sensesUnable to fly.
(not comparable, usually)Describing kinds of birds that normally cannot fly, such as the penguin, ostrich, and emu.
Near-synonyms: apterous, wingless
The indigenous fauna of Australia and New Zealand featured an especially interesting array of flightless birds.
flugunfähig
нелета́ющийneletájuščij
(not comparable, uncommon)Describing an individual bird that normally would be able to fly but in this case cannot, such as an injured sparrow.
The animal shelter has a flightless sparrow named Shiny, who seems to make up for his disability by being an avid runner.
(humorous, not comparable, uncommon)Suddenly deprived of a scheduled (airline) flight by its cancellation.
Oh great, some wind is blowing in Chicago, so now I'm flightless in Seattle, because this airline can't cope!
- incapable of flying
Examples
9 sentencesFlightless birds are birds that can't fly.
Нелітаючі птахи — це птахи, що не вміють літаюти.
ruНелетающие птицы - это птицы, не умеющие летать.
The ostrich is a flightless bird.
ruСтраус - нелетающая птица.
deDer Strauß ist ein flugunfähiger Vogel.
Some species of bird are flightless.
ruНекоторые виды птиц нелетающие.
deEinige Vogelarten sind flugunfähig.
These dung beetles are flightless insects.
The ostrich is a large flightless bird.