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Dictionary: un·der·age1   (ŭn'dər-ĭj) pronunciation
n.
  1. An amount, as of money or goods actually on hand, that falls short of the listed amount in records or books of account.
  2. A deficient amount; a shortfall.

un·der·age2 (ŭn'dər-āj') pronunciation also un·der·aged (-ājd')
adj.
Below the customary or legal age, as for drinking or voting.


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noun

    The condition or fact of being deficient: defect, deficiency, deficit, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, paucity, poverty, scantiness, scantness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall. See excess/insufficiency/enough.
underage2

adjective

    Not yet a legal adult: Law minor. See law, youth/age/maturity.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: (law) not of legal age
  Synonyms: minor, nonaged

Meaning #2: dependent by virtue of youth


Translations: Underage
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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - utilstrækkelig, ikke nok

2.
adj. - under lavalder, umyndig, mindreårig

Nederlands (Dutch)
minderjarig, te jong/ onrijp

Français (French)
1.
n. - somme inférieure à celle enregistrée sur les livres comptables (en parlant de marchandises, d'espèces)

2.
adj. - mineur (consommation d'alcool, conduite d'un véhicule)

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Defizit, Fehlbetrag, Warenknappheit

2.
adj. - minderjährig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ανήλικος

Italiano (Italian)
minorenne

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - de menor idade

Русский (Russian)
нехватка, дефицит

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - déficit

2.
adj. - menor de edad, demasiado joven

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - underskott, brist

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 缺乏, 久缺

2. 未成年的, 未到法定年龄的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
adj. - 未成年的, 未到法定年齡的

2.
n. - 缺乏, 久缺

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 부족[분]

2.
adj. - 미성년의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 未成年の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) قاصر, دون السن القانوني, حرمان‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סכום כסף או מצאי סחורות הנופל ממה שרשום בספרי-החשבונות או ברשומות‬
adj. - ‮קטין, מתחת לגיל הנדרש‬


 
 
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