underage

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English

Etymology 1

From under- +‎ age.

Alternative forms

under age

Pronunciation

enPR: ŭn-dər-ājʹ, IPA^(key): /ˌʌndəɹˈeɪd͡ʒ/
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

Arabic: قَاصِر (ar) (qāṣir)
Armenian: անչափահաս (hy) (ančʻapʻahas)
Belarusian: непаўнале́тні (njepaŭnaljétni)
Bulgarian: непълнолетен (bg) (nepǎlnoleten)
Catalan: menor d'edat (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 未成年 (zh) (wèichéngnián)
Danish: mindreårig
Esperanto: neplenaĝa
Estonian: alaealine
Finnish: alaikäinen (fi)
French: mineur (fr)
Georgian: არასრულწლოვანი (arasrulc̣lovani)
German: minderjährig (de)
Hindi: नाबालिग (hi) (nābālig)
Irish: faoi aois
Italian: minorenne (it)
Japanese: 未成年 (ja) (みせいねん, miseinen)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: mindreårig (no)

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

Roman: maloljetan (sh)
Swedish: minderårig (sv)
Turkish: reşit olmayan
Ukrainian: неповнолі́тній (nepovnolítnij)
Welsh: tan oed

still a minor

Arabic: قَاصِر (ar) (qāṣir)
Armenian: անչափահաս (hy) (ančʻapʻahas)
Danish: mindreårig
Dutch: minderjarig (nl)
Finnish: alaikäinen (fi)
French: mineur (fr) m
Georgian: არასრულწლოვანი (arasrulc̣lovani)
German: minderjährig (de)
Greek: ανήλικος (el) (anílikos)
Hindi: नाबालिग (hi) (nābālig)
Hungarian: kiskorú (hu)
Italian: minore (it) m or f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: mindreårig (no)

Nynorsk: mindreårig
Russian: несовершенноле́тний (ru) (nesoveršennolétnij), малоле́тний (ru) (malolétnij)
Swedish: minderårig (sv)
Ukrainian: неповнолі́тній (nepovnolítnij), малолі́тній (malolítnij)

Etymology 2

From under +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

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

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, renagued, unagreed, ungeared

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