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
Palin was a game changer in many ways — a youngish, attractive and successful woman who also was quite conservative, Beail said.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 23, 2023
Ellison, then an angry youngish man, was living in Los Angeles writing for television.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2023
She’s seen them too: the scruffy youngish guy who came in today with a pile of books as if it were a reading retreat.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
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