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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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That six-hitting lit up the most glamourous of cricketing stages on Monday when the teenager became the youngest player to score a century in men's T20 cricket.

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Here, Todd has his youngest character summarize the painful central paradox of trans life — in Nazi Germany nearly a century ago, and possibly in tomorrow’s America.

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Suryavanshi became the youngest player to be signed by an IPL team when he was picked up at the auction after a bidding war last year.

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The youngest participant in the 2025 London Marathon will celebrate her 18th birthday on race day.

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Lydia, Ms Chick's youngest daughter, told the court Butler "didn't love" her mum.

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