youngest

[yuhng-gist] / ˈyʌŋ gɪst /

ADJECTIVE

immature

Synonyms

STRONGEST

budding inexperienced new youthful

STRONG

adolescent blooming blossoming crude developing fledgling green growing infant inferior junior juvenile little modern newborn punk raw recent tender tenderfoot

WEAK

boyish boylike burgeoning callow childish childlike early fresh girlish girllike half-grown ignorant newish not aged pubescent puerile undeveloped undisciplined unfinished unfledged unlearned unpracticed unripe unseasoned untried unversed vernal

Antonyms

STRONGEST

experienced old

STRONG

adult healthy mature older sophisticated

Example Sentences

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"I understand why people would do that, but what I've always said is don't judge me on my age, judge me on what I do," the youngest council leader in the UK said.

From BBC

If he is confirmed in that position, it would make him the youngest prime minister in the history of Nepal.

From BBC

Aged 37, the Bugonia star is the youngest woman ever to earn seven Oscar nominations, overtaking Meryl Streep, who was 38.

From BBC

At 16, Coles became the youngest man to play first-class cricket for Sussex.

From BBC

Over the past few days, he was the youngest player in the World Baseball Classic—and pitching against Team USA.

From The Wall Street Journal