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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Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 5 Dec. 2025
Anna Barclay / Getty Images file That meant underage content creators also could not log in or post.
—Reuters, NBC news, 3 Dec. 2025
The man wounded in the shooting — as well as an adult woman and an underage girl who were wounded but not involved in the clash — had been released from the hospital by Monday.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 1 Dec. 2025
Celebrations of diversity were erupting across the state — rapes in Kingston, incestuous underage pregnancies in Marlboro, a motel torched in Sutton, AR-15-toting fentanyl dealers in Revere….
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 28 Nov. 2025
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“Underage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underage. Accessed 14 Dec. 2025.
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underage
adjective
un·der·age
ˌən-də-ˈrāj
: of less than mature or legal age
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