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
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
Ellison, then an angry youngish man, was living in Los Angeles writing for television.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2023
The writer Caity Weaver traveled to Morocco with a group-travel company that promised to build “meaningful friendships” among its youngish clientele.
From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
Miss Grotowski, our youngish teacher, is writing an equation on the blackboard.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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