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underage

[uhn-der-eyj] / ˌʌn dərˈeɪdʒ /
ADJECTIVE
below legal age
Synonyms
STRONGEST
adolescent
STRONG
minor
WEAK
junior juvenile underaged
NOUN
shortage
Synonyms
WEAK
curtailment dearth defalcation defect deficiency deficit failure inadequacy insufficiency lack lapse leanness paucity pinch poverty scantiness scantness scarceness scarcity shortcoming shortfall tightness want weakness

Example Sentences

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TikTok said it used "enhanced technologies" to help detect and remove underage accounts.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

There have also been concerns that age assurance technologies would wrongly block adults while failing to spot underage users.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

Sworn Testimony: Mark Zuckerberg faced pointed questions about his company’s underage users and content moderation efforts at a landmark Los Angeles trial Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

Mark Zuckerberg's company removed over 550,000 underage accounts in Australia alone in December ahead of that country's under-16 social media ban.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

“That’s a nice offer, kiddo, but I’m pretty sure Ship would fire me if I put one of the underage tenants to work.”

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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