underage
/ˌʌndəɹˈeɪd͡ʒ/
underage adjective: below the legal age (usually age 18 or 21) for some activity, such as consuming alcohol or engaging in sexual intercourse.
Adjective
underage (not comparable)
- Below the legal age (usually age 18 or 21) for some activity, such as consuming alcohol or engaging in sexual intercourse.
- underage drinking
- underage marriage
- Not yet a legal adult; still a minor.
- underage offender
- Limited to players below a certain age; junior.
- Even if an underage team is stacked with talent, there is still only one senior team they can graduate to and there are a finite amount of places.2025 August 21, Karol Dillon, “Why a new team manager can be key to U20 footballers turning senior”, in Brainstorm, Ireland: RTÉ
Noun
IPA/ˈʌndəɹɪd͡ʒ/
underage (plural underages)
underage meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Kannada
underage in Hindi
- below legal age
- नाबालिग nābālig
- still a minor
- नाबालिग nābālig
underage in Tamil
- குறை வயது
underage in Urdu
- کم سن, خرد سال, نابالغ
underage in Kannada
- ಕೆಳವಯೋಮಿತಿಯ, ಕಾನೂನಿನ ವಯೋಮಿತಿಗಿಂತ ಕೆಳ ವಯಸ್ಸಿನ
More languagesFewer languages
- underage in Punjabi
- ਨਾਬਾਲਗ nābālag
- underage in Gujarati
- સગીર sagīr
- underage in Arabic
- قَاصِر qāṣir
Examples of underage in a sentence
- The bar was fined for serving alcohol to an underage customer.
- He was arrested for driving while underage.
Synonyms of underage
Forms of underage
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | under age |
| Noun | |
| plural | underages |
Origin of underage
From under- + age.
From under + -age.
Words formed from underage
Words that rhyme with underage
Questions about underage
- What does underage mean?
- Underage means below the legal age (usually age 18 or 21) for some activity, such as consuming alcohol or engaging in sexual intercourse.
- What is underage in Hindi?
- Underage in Hindi is नाबालिग (nābālig). See Underage meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use underage in a sentence?
- The bar was fined for serving alcohol to an underage customer.
- What part of speech is underage?
- Underage can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce underage?
- Underage is pronounced /ˌʌndəɹˈeɪd͡ʒ/.
Words near underage in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: underage (page history and authors); underage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); underage (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); underage (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਨਾਬਾਲਗ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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