thirty-something
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.36 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
adj
num
Example Sentences
- "Twenty- and thirty-somethings will gladly do the work you used to do, and probably for less money."
- "What's different about Skate-N-Fun Zone this morning are the skaters, mostly thirty-something women on skates pushing strollers. Toddlers, not teenagers, circle the rink."
- "Tripp is only one of several local “failure-to-launch” sons, thirty-something men still living at home."
- "Thirty-something men with slicked-back hair and bowling shirts, on dates with young women with pearl necklaces, bobs and tattoos."
- "Although I can still lay claim to thirty-something, I saw a glimpse of such a grim future recently when my cat came down with the sniffles."
- "The nostalgia epicenter is the baby boomers, who grew up as cars came into their own as a mass-market, affordable entity. “Thirty-something is when people start collecting,” said Mr. Checchia, of the Franklin Mint."