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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Trump has denied having known about Epstein’s decades-long abuse of underage girls and young women and has stated the two had a falling out in the early 2000s.
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Dylan Butts, CNBC, 17 Nov. 2025
Add to that the unease caused by a recent story in Vanity Fair alleging that McCarthy had a relationship with an underage girl in the 1970s, and the project seemed fraught with challenges.
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Epstein paid some of his victims to recruit more underage girls, according to the indictment.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 15 Nov. 2025
Maxwell was convicted in 2021 and is serving a 20-year prison sentence for her role in helping Epstein recruit, groom and abuse underage girls.
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Dylan Butts, CNBC, 17 Nov. 2025
Add to that the unease caused by a recent story in Vanity Fair alleging that McCarthy had a relationship with an underage girl in the 1970s, and the project seemed fraught with challenges.
—Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
Epstein paid some of his victims to recruit more underage girls, according to the indictment.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 15 Nov. 2025
Maxwell was convicted in 2021 and is serving a 20-year prison sentence for her role in helping Epstein recruit, groom and abuse underage girls.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 15 Nov. 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 25 Nov. 2025.
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underage
adjective
un·der·age
ˌən-də-ˈrāj
: of less than mature or legal age
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