wunderkind
a wonder child or child prodigy.
a person who succeeds, especially in business, at a comparatively early age.
Origin of wunderkind
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How to use wunderkind in a sentence
Early on, Straubel, the battery wunderkind, helped come up with a system that could manage the heat generated by a pack of lithium-ion batteries and thus avoid the dangers of explosions and fires.
The NHL loves a wunderkind, and they don’t get any better than the Great One or his modern-day equivalent.
Connor McDavid Is One Of The Best Young Players In NHL History. The Oilers Are Squandering Him. | Terrence Doyle | May 26, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightIt’s just that sometimes certain wunderkinds come along and make everyone forget the adage.
Returning to a scene of his prime, Rory McIlroy reminds us how hard majors are to win | Chuck Culpepper | May 20, 2021 | Washington PostThe classic version of the gene editing wunderkind literally slices a gene to bits just to turn it off.
A New CRISPR Tool Flips Genes On and Off Like a Light Switch | Shelly Fan | April 27, 2021 | Singularity HubFor 2019–20, Völkl has released another engineering wunderkind of a ski in the new, fatter Mantra 102.
Long-Term Review: The Best Skis, Period | Heather Schultz and Marc Peruzzi | March 4, 2021 | Outside Online
Mary Matalin once dubbed him a “mega-multimedia wunderkind!”
Ben Carson’s Bizarrely Serious, Seriously Bizarre Campaign Crew | Olivia Nuzzi | November 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFeinstein, no slouch himself in the wunderkind department, began his career at the age of 20, working for Ira Gershwin.
The novel is narrated by 20-something literary wunderkind Marcus Goldman.
For many Latin America watchers, the fall of this entrepreneurial wunderkind was a body blow to Brazil itself.
The Rise And Fall Of Brazilian Billionaire Eike Batista | Mac Margolis | November 9, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn 1951, wunderkind conductor Leonard Bernstein married the beautiful actress Felicia Montealegre.
Felicia’s Letter to Leonard Bernstein: ‘You Are a Homosexual and May Never Change’ | Felicia Bernstein | October 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIsn't he what your countrymen would call a 'wunderkind,' Mademoiselle?
Luttrell Of Arran | Charles James Lever
British Dictionary definitions for wunderkind
/ (ˈwʌndəˌkɪnd, German ˈvʊndərˌkɪnt) /
a child prodigy
a person who is exceptionally successful in his field while still young
Origin of wunderkind
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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