youngish

adjective

young·​ish ˈyəŋish 

-ēsh

: somewhat young : more nearly resembling or characteristic of a young person than one of maturity or middle age

a youngish but not adolescent audience

—Virgil Thomson

youngish spinsters

—New Yorker

prematurely bald, youngish

—T. M. Johnson

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youngish

adjective

young·​ish

ˈyəŋ-ish

: somewhat young