underage

English

Etymology 1

From under- +‎ age.

Alternative forms

• under age

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪdʒ

Adjective

underage (not comparable)

1. Below the legal age (usually age 18) for some activity, such as consuming alcohol or engaging in sexual intercourse.

   underage drinking

   underage marriage

   The bar was fined for serving alcohol to an underage customer.

   He was arrested for driving while underage.

2. Not yet a legal adult; still a minor.

   underage offender

3. (sports, Ireland, of a team or competition) Limited to players below a certain age; junior.
   • 2022 July 1, “2023 Underage National League Formats confirmed”, in Official website‎^[1], Football Association of Ireland:

     The Football Association of Ireland has today confirmed that the Under 14 National League for boys born in 2009 will commence in February 2023 in line with all other underage National League competitions.

     The 2023 season will see National Leagues run at U14, U15, U17 and U19 age groups for boys and U17 and U19 age groups for girls.

   • 2025 August 21, Karol Dillon, “Why a new team manager can be key to U20 footballers turning senior”, in Brainstorm‎^[2], Ireland: RTÉ:

     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.

Synonyms

• (not legal): minor (noun)

Hyponyms

• (limited to players below a certain age):
  • age grade
  • youth

Coordinate terms

• of age
• overage

• (limited to players below a certain age): senior

Translations

below legal age

• Arabic: قَاصِر (ar) (qāṣir)
• Armenian: անչափահաս (hy) (ančʻapʻahas)
• Belarusian: непаўнале́тні (njepawnaljétni)
• Bulgarian: непълноле́тен (bg) (nepǎlnoléten) (14-17), малоле́тен (bg) (maloléten) (<14)
• Catalan: menor d'edat (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 未成年 (zh) (wèichéngnián)

• Danish: mindreårig, umyndig
• Esperanto: neplenaĝa
• Estonian: alaealine
• Finnish: alaikäinen (fi)
• French: mineur (fr)
• Georgian: არასრულწლოვანი (arasrulc̣lovani)
• German: minderjährig (de)
• Gujarati: સગીર (sagīr)
• 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), umyndig

  Nynorsk: mindreårig, umyndig

• Polish: niepełnoletni (pl)
• Portuguese: menor (pt)
• Russian: несовершенноле́тний (ru) (nesoveršennolétnij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: малољетан

  Roman: maloljetan (sh)

• Swedish: minderårig (sv), omyndig (sv)
• Turkish: reşit olmayan
• Ukrainian: неповнолі́тній (nepovnolítnij)
• Welsh: tan oed

still a minor

• Arabic: قَاصِر (ar) (qāṣir)
• Armenian: անչափահաս (hy) (ančʻapʻahas)
• Bulgarian: непълноле́тен (bg) (nepǎlnoléten) (14-17), малоле́тен (bg) (maloléten) (<14)
• 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)

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

Related terms

• overage

Translations

deficit in funds — see deficit

Anagrams

• Gendreau, dungaree, renagued, unagreed, ungeared