underage
adjective
un·der·age
ˌən-dər-ˈāj 
1
: of less than mature or legal age
2
: done by or involving underage persons
underage drinking
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They were not allowed into the club because they were underage.
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Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
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Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
Yet the demand for a reckoning over Epstein’s abuse of underage girls has become a near-unstoppable force on Capitol Hill and beyond.
—Stephen Groves, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2026
Emails and other documents contained in the DOJ's Epstein files database show that the friendship between Axel and Epstein continued for years after Epstein served 13 months in jail following his guilty plea in Florida state court to soliciting an underage girl for prostitution.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2026
Meta has developed measures over time to try to detect underage users, Zuckerberg said.
—Shanshan Dong, NBC news, 25 Feb. 2026
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“Underage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underage. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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underage
adjective
un·der·age
ˌən-də-ˈrāj
: of less than mature or legal age
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