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Definition of "under-age" []

  • Not having arrived at adult age; hence, incapable legally of performing certain acts restricted to adults. (adjective)
  • Not having arrived at adult age, or at years of discretion; hence, raw; green; immature; boyish; childish. (adjective)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Use "under-age" in a sentence
  • "ROME — Italian prosecutors have placed Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi under investigation for allegedly patronizing a prostitute and for abuse of office in a case involving an under-age Moroccan woman, prosecutors and Mr. Berlusconi's lawyers said on Friday."
  • "Unless the law has been repealed Scarlett is right, so it would be lawful to arrest them both for under-age sex."
  • "Grant Huscroft says there is already a list of documented abuses in polygamous communities such as forced marriages, under-age marriages, the treatment of women as property, harm to children and the expulsion of boys."