underage
1[uhn-der-eyj]
Origin of underage
1underage
2[uhn-der-ij]
Origin of underage
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Related Words for underage
adolescent, minor, junior, juvenile, curtailment, dearth, defect, deficiency, deficit, failure, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, lapse, paucity, pinch, poverty, scantiness, scantness, scarcityExamples from the Web for underage
Contemporary Examples of underage
Who else would see a former spouse accused of underage sex and call him ‘the greatest man there is’?
According to court papers, “[Wright] knew she was underage.”
Women who drink while pregnant—any amount—as well as underage drinkers, are also defined as “excessive drinkers.”
For this reason, the focus on underage sex trafficking is all too often used as a feel-good feminism, eclipsing larger issues.
Even the pimps interviewed by the Urban Institute went out of their way to denounce sex slavery and trafficking of underage girls.
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