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View synonyms for youngest

youngest

[yuhng-gist]

adjective

  1. superlative of young.



noun

  1. a person who is the least old of a group, as the youngest member of a family.

    Their youngest is still in high school.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of youngest1

First recorded before 1000; young ( def. ) + -est 1 ( def. )
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Example Sentences

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She became one of the youngest to win a Division I national title.

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This week, he also became the youngest Italian ever to score for the under-21s national team.

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Caicedo, the youngest of 10 siblings, grew up in poverty in Ecuador but has lifted himself and his family out of it through football, becoming a footballing icon back home.

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But as the garden has grown, its eldest and most mature plants have started shielding its youngest, and walkers have been more careful about where they step.

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The baby-faced leader became president when he was just 34, earning the title of Africa's youngest leader, and going on to govern for four years, before returning to power after the 2018 election.

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