underage
Not legally adult
Underage means below the legal age for a particular activity—typically drinking alcohol, having sex, or entering contracts.
The threshold varies by jurisdiction and context: They were caught serving underage customers.
An underage person lacks the legal capacity to consent or participate in age-restricted activities.
Person aged thirteen-nineteen
- adolescentPerson in puberty
- childPerson before puberty
- juvenileYoung person or animal
- kidChild or young goat
youngster · schoolchild · pupil · student · preteen · tween · toddler · infant
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- juvenileYoung person or animal
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- custodyProtective care or control
- guardianshipLegal care of another
ward · emancipation · nonage · minority · parental · tutelage · pupilage · adoption
Liquid consumption act
- alcoholIntoxicating hydroxyl compound
- tobaccoDried smoking leaf
- smokingInhaling burning tobacco
- gamblingBetting on uncertain results
casino · driving · voting · nightclub · bartending · pornography · firearms · lottery
Lacking practical knowledge
- naiveInnocently unsuspecting
- undevelopedNot fully formed
- unripeNot ready for harvest
- greenColor of vegetation
callow · fledgling · unseasoned · raw · untried · unsophisticated · gullible · credulous
Sexual development stage
- adolescenceTeenage developmental stage
- growthIncrease in size
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
- developmentProgress toward maturity
childhood · formative · growing · maturing · prepubescent · hormonal
teenager
Person aged thirteen-nineteen
- adolescentPerson in puberty
- childPerson before puberty
- juvenileYoung person or animal
kid · youngster · schoolchild · pupil · student · preteen · tween · toddler · infant · minor
minor
Scale with lowered third
guardianship · ward · emancipation · nonage · minority · parental · tutelage · pupilage · adoption · dependency
drinking
Liquid consumption act
gambling · casino · driving · voting · nightclub · bartending · pornography · firearms · lottery · contract
inexperienced
Lacking practical knowledge
- naiveInnocently unsuspecting
- undevelopedNot fully formed
- unripeNot ready for harvest
green · callow · fledgling · unseasoned · raw · untried · unsophisticated · gullible · credulous · unworldly
puberty
Sexual development stage
- adolescenceTeenage developmental stage
- growthIncrease in size
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
development · childhood · formative · growing · maturing · prepubescent · hormonal
- age limitslearner permit, legal capacity, eighteen, sixteen, twenty-one
- marriage barriersbigamy, prior marriage, lack of consent, duress, force
- age stagesinfant, toddler, child, teen, teenage
- age termsyoung, old, older, younger, youngest
- youthfulyoung, youthful, juvenile, teenage, adolescent
- Imageboard Culture4chan, anon, anonymous, boards, thread
underageof age
Having reached adulthood
adult · legal · major · age of majority · old enough
- underage drinkingAlcohol use by minors
- underage drinkerYouth consuming alcohol illegally
- underage marriageUnion before legal age
- underage smokingMinors consuming tobacco
- underage drinking lawsStatutes restricting minor consumption
- underage gamblingBetting by those too young