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adolescent

adjective as in preadult or immature

noun as in person in puberty, preadulthood

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After Cooper left the stage, Bargatze deadpanned, “That was a show ‘Adolescence’ that did that to adolescents.”

Scotland's two other inpatient adolescent mental health facilities, in Edinburgh and Dundee, were also not investigated by the regulator, the BBC has learned.

From BBC

The number of overweight children - which includes those who are obese - has also increased to the extent that now 1 in five school-age children and adolescents are overweight.

From BBC

I have followed military affairs for a long time, and it was always “cool” — in a juvenile, adolescent, male-power fantasy way — to see such military equipment “out in the wild.”

From Salon

“Most posts were created by white, female adolescents and young adults.”

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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