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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Also on the guest list is Forbes (David W. Thompson), a former wild child turned scientist whom the group hasn’t seen since college when he was expelled for bringing his underage sister, Beatrice (Madison Davenport), to a raucous party.
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Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024
TikTok also gives underage users opportunities to exploit themselves on livestreams for payment, as a 2022 Forbes investigation found.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Meta has faced intense public scrutiny about young people on its platforms, and it’s taken action in the face of regulation, restricting what underage teens can do on its services.
—Umar Shakir, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2024
Campbell says the company's 60-minute limit for underage users is nothing more than a pop-up that can be bypassed.
—Steph Solis, Axios, 8 Oct. 2024
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Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024
TikTok also gives underage users opportunities to exploit themselves on livestreams for payment, as a 2022 Forbes investigation found.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Meta has faced intense public scrutiny about young people on its platforms, and it’s taken action in the face of regulation, restricting what underage teens can do on its services.
—Umar Shakir, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2024
Campbell says the company's 60-minute limit for underage users is nothing more than a pop-up that can be bypassed.
—Steph Solis, Axios, 8 Oct. 2024
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underage
adjective
un·der·age
ˌən-də-ˈrāj
: of less than mature or legal age
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