youngish
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of youngish
Example Sentences
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As a youngish man in the late 1990s Mr. Marozzi crossed the north African desert on camelback.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
This time I caught sight of a youngish woman and two gray-haired men I assumed to be his buddies.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2024
Nedum Onuoha: Arsenal seem to get better every year with the young players they have, and a youngish manager, and I don't see this being the season where they plateau.
From BBC • Aug. 15, 2024
I am a youngish, female manager in the tech industry.
From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2024
Eight or nine other people were scattered around the summit, including one youngish, rather pudgy man on his own in a very new and expensive-looking windcheater.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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