subadult

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for subadult
Adjective
  • McManus said the boy is also facing charges of terrorism and is currently being held at a local juvenile detention facility.
    Chris Spargo, People.com, 15 May 2025
  • The three juvenile suspects are also charged with murder, attempted armed robbery and second-degree burglary.
    Audrey Conklin, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2025
Adjective
  • The current players are too young to remember those days, although Brunson’s father, Rick, was a reserve for the Knicks in the 1999 and 2000 playoffs.
    Tim Casey, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
  • For much younger kids, Little Passports has an Early Explorers box ($20/month) aimed at children as young as 3.
    Adrienne So, Wired News, 17 May 2025
Adjective
  • Still, this sympathetic love letter to teenage misfits everywhere wouldn't work without Spacek's wide-eyed vulnerability and King's deep understanding of the humiliations of adolescence and popularity that every teen knows all too well.
    EW.com, EW.com, 23 May 2025
  • Instead, the audience watches a full day in the life of the salon, which is run by Jaja’s plucky teenage daughter, Marie, a high school valedictorian who lacks the birth certificate to qualify for college student loans.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2025
Adjective
  • One of a handful of practicing physicians in the state legislature, Weber Pierson is leaning heavily on her experience as a pediatric and adolescent gynecologist who treats children with reproductive birth defects — one of only two in Southern California.
    Kaiser Health News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025
  • The teenage triggerman was aiming at an adolescent rival who had punched him moments earlier, police said.
    Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 13 May 2025
Adjective
  • At 34 years old, Stockman's youthful assurance and irreverence for sacred cows of all kinds soon upset many of his former colleagues on the Hill.
    Ron Elving, NPR, 17 May 2025
  • This bit of Broadway excellence (a product of its time, of course) is being produced in intimate fashion by the Blank Theatre Company, which has cast the show mostly with youthful actors, all of whom throw themselves at the material with much exuberance.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2025
Adjective
  • Their five underage children were all placed in protective care.
    Alex Gurley, People.com, 16 May 2025
  • Kain declined to offer any details on the underage gamer who reported the threat, but said he and his parents were told they were invited to visit Tehama County to be recognized.
    Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • Many organizations grapple with obstacles such as disconnected data, internal roadblocks, misaligned objectives across teams and immature processes.
    Mithun A. Sridharan, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
  • And anybody that thinks otherwise is just being foolish and immature and childish.
    ABC News, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • In some cases, lawyers said students had their legal statuses altered for minor traffic violations, such as unpaid parking tickets.
    Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 16 May 2025
  • Nina and Jim are forced to work overtime to re-center key story components that get lost amid more minor twists and turns.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 15 May 2025
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“Subadult.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subadult. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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