underage

English

Etymology 1

under +‎ age

Alternative forms

under age

Pronunciation

enPR: ŭn-dər-ājʹ, IPA^(key): /ˌʌndəɹˈeɪdʒ/
Rhymes: -eɪdʒ

Adjective

underage (not comparable)

Below the legal age for some activity, such as drinking or having sex.
Not yet a legal adult; still a minor.

Synonyms

(not legal): minor (noun)

Antonyms

Translations

below legal age

Chinese:
Mandarin: 未成年 (zh) (wèichéngnián)
Danish: mindreårig
Esperanto: neplenaĝa
Finnish: alaikäinen (fi)
French: mineur (fr)
German: minderjährig (de)
Italian: minorenne (it)
Japanese: 未成年 (ja) (みせいねん, miseinen)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: mindreårig (no)

Nynorsk: mindreårig
Portuguese: menor (pt)
Russian: несовершенноле́тний (ru) (nesoveršennolétnij)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: малољетан

Roman: maloljetan (sh)
Swedish: minderårig (sv)

still a minor

Danish: mindreårig
Dutch: minderjarig (nl)
Finnish: alaikäinen (fi)
French: mineur (fr) m
German: minderjährig (de)

Italian: minore (it) m or f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: mindreårig (no)

Nynorsk: mindreårig
Russian: несовершенноле́тний (ru) (nesoveršennolétnij), малоле́тний (ru) (malolétnij)

Etymology 2

under +‎ -age

Pronunciation

enPR: ŭnʹ-dər-ĭj, IPA^(key): /ˈʌndəɹɪdʒ/

Noun

underage (plural underages)

A deficit or shortfall in funds, inventory, or capacity.

Related terms

overage

Translations

deficit in funds — see deficit

Anagrams

Gendreau, dungaree, unagreed, ungeared

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