juvenile

/'dʤu:vinail/
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juvenile

A juvenile robin waits in the nest for its parents to bring food.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity: Characterized by behavior, attitudes, or ideas that are childish, immature, or not appropriate for an adult.
    • Of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people: Pertaining to youth, or designed for or typical of young individuals.

  2. Noun:

    • A young person, not fully developed: An individual who is young, especially one below the age of legal adulthood.
Usage Examples
  • Adjective:
    • His constant pranks at the office were considered juvenile and unprofessional.
    • The library has a special section for juvenile literature.
  • Noun:
    • The program is designed to mentor juveniles at risk.
    • In legal terms, a juvenile is often treated differently from an adult.
Advanced Usage
  • "Juvenile delinquency": Antisocial or illegal behavior by young people.
    • The city has implemented new programs to combat juvenile delinquency.
  • "Juvenile court": A court dealing with cases involving young people who are not yet adults.
    • The case was transferred to juvenile court.
Variants and Related Words
  • Juvenility (noun): The state or quality of being juvenile; youthfulness or immaturity.
    • His actions were a sign of his lingering juvenility.
  • Juvenilia (noun): Works produced by an author or artist in their youth.
    • The museum exhibited the poet's early juvenilia.
Synonyms
  • Adjective (immature): Adolescent, childish, puerile, jejune.
  • Noun (young person): Youth, adolescent, minor, teenager.
Antonyms
  • Adjective: Mature, adult, sophisticated.
  • Noun: Adult, grown-up.
Related Phrases
  • "Act juvenile": To behave in an immature manner.
    • Stop acting so juvenile and take this seriously.
juvenile

A juvenile robin waits in the nest for its parents to bring food.

Adjective
  1. displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
    • adolescent insecurity
    • jejune responses to our problems
    • their behavior was juvenile
    • puerile jokes
  2. of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people
    • juvenile diabetes
    • juvenile fashions
Noun
  1. a young person, not fully developed

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