Eligible
Eligible adjective - Qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen.
Young and eligible are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Young" instead an adjective "Eligible".
Nearby Words: eligibility, eligibly
Both words in one sentence
- Although Vivian is a little too young to be eligible for being a young lady, she is certainly spirited enough to become a Spirited Young Lady with a few more years.
Source: Spirited Young Lady -
By the end of it, it's revealed that because Killface wasn't born in the US, and Xander is too young, neither of them are eligible for the presidency.
Source: Western Animation / Frisky Dingo -
In Hermann Hesse's The Glass Bead Game, when the protagonist Josef Knecht is still a young boy, the Music Master himself comes to examine if he's eligible to be educated in the elite schools.
Source: Duet Bonding
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