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
Examples of underage in a Sentence
They were not allowed into the club because they were underage.
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Maxwell is serving a 20-year prison term after being convicted in 2021 of grooming underage girls for Epstein to abuse.
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Dan Mangan, CNBC, 30 July 2025
One of those workers, Trump said, was Virginia Giuffre, an Epstein accuser who said she was recruited by his associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, when Giuffre was an underage teenager working as a locker-room attendant at Mar-a-Lago in 2000.
—Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 30 July 2025
In an edit, the OP clarified that their other sister, cousin and Rachel's two underage siblings were also on the flight.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
While these transgressions served to outrage the public conscience, none involved the molestation of dozens of underage girls, the crime for which the late Jeffrey Epstein was jailed.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 July 2025
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Dan Mangan, CNBC, 30 July 2025
One of those workers, Trump said, was Virginia Giuffre, an Epstein accuser who said she was recruited by his associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, when Giuffre was an underage teenager working as a locker-room attendant at Mar-a-Lago in 2000.
—Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 30 July 2025
In an edit, the OP clarified that their other sister, cousin and Rachel's two underage siblings were also on the flight.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
While these transgressions served to outrage the public conscience, none involved the molestation of dozens of underage girls, the crime for which the late Jeffrey Epstein was jailed.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for underage
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“Underage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underage. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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underage
adjective
un·der·age
ˌən-də-ˈrāj
: of less than mature or legal age
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