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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Prior to the stabbing that evening, both had been at a house party that involved underage drinking and a fight.
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Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
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Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
Nevertheless, the breach exposed details about underage students since Canvas is also widely used by K-12 school districts.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 8 May 2026
Adams’ first deputy mayor, Randy Mastro, had directed the firm to find a way to keep underage riders off of Citi Bikes, citing an Op-Ed in this newspaper by venture capitalist and political strategist Bradley Tusk.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 6 May 2026
As the crash subsided, police said the Mercedes caught fire and responding police officers pulled the driver and underage passenger from the burning wreck.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
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“Underage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underage. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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underage
adjective
un·der·age
ˌən-də-ˈrāj
: of less than mature or legal age
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