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juvenile🔊

Young; not fully developed.

Characteristic of youth or immaturity; childish.

📑 Synonyms: juvey milky puerile

A prepubescent child.

A person younger than the age of majority; a minor.

📑 Synonyms: infant juvie

(criminal law) A person younger than the age of full criminal responsibility, such that the person either cannot be held criminally liable or is subject to less severe forms of punishment.

(literature) A publication for young adult readers.

(theater) An actor playing a child's role.

(zoology) A sexually immature animal.

A two-year-old racehorse.