underage
- adjective
- /ˌʌndərˈeɪdʒ/
- Underage drinking: why do adolescents drink, what are the risks, and how can underage drinking be prevented?
- underage drinking
- underage sex
- underage girls
Dyncorp was actually trafficking girls, underage girls in the Balkans.
- Dyncorp was actually trafficking girls, underage girls in the Balkans.
- Last one, providing loads of drinks to underage teenagers.
- He will never stop desiring underage girls.
- And he went to jail for, you know, dating underage ladies.
- I bet I'm going to get in trouble for being underage and, and having this, this alcohol with me.
- So you got a guy who is trafficking sexually underage girls.
- Yeah, but you've now you've got phone photos of your partner when they were underage.
- I am yet to see any evidence that Andrew Tate sex trafficked underage women.
- Or like Prince Andrew, Do I think Prince Andrew knew that Virginia Guffrey was underage?
- It was never a criminal case because if the story had been true, she wasn't underage.
- So if we have any underage people listening, if you're going to have sex, please use protection.
- I don't know, but I would, you know, I don't know if he and I don't think he was messing with underage women.
- And he and and he admits in this tweet to talking to somebody inappropriately who was underage.
- I had, I have never seen Chris with any underage women ever.
Examples
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It's illegal for underage youth to vote in the upcoming election.
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We keep getting complaints of noise and underage drinking.
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And yeah, definitely underage to drink.
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There better not be any underage drinking going on here.
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Are you telling me that there is nothing you can do for my underage sister?
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So, do you have any idea where your underage daughter is and when she is coming back?
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Yes, I know I am underage, but as I said, I was trying to be polite.
Fiction book (1993) -
I bet I'm going to get in trouble for being underage and, and having this, this alcohol with me.
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Jimmy, who was also underage, ordered a Scotch and water, which he scarcely touched.
Fiction book (1991) -
You see, the new ownership of this establishment doesn't condone underage drinking.
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The word underage is made of under ('below') and age ('how old someone is' or 'years'), so it literally means being 'below the required age'. That's why underage describes someone not old enough by law to do things like drink or vote.