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How to pronounce juvenile in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms adolescent, jejune, puerile
Derivation juvenility


their behavior was juvenile.
Type Words
Synonyms juvenile person
Type of mortal, individual, soul, person, somebody, someone
Has types nestling, nipper, preteen, preteenager, shaver, small fry, adolescent, child, fry, ingenue, kid, minor, younker, youth, spring chicken, stripling, teen, teenager, tiddler, tike, tyke, young person, youngster
Type Words
Derivation juvenility


juvenile diabetes.
juvenile fashions.

Examples of juvenile

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Later another officer was called to investigate an assault involving a juvenile.
From the tennessean.com
The 15-year-old is expected to face a detention hearing today in juvenile court.
From the kansas.com
These bunch of juvenile, primma donna, softies don't deserve to wear the colors.
From the latimes.com
Of the juvenile firesetters, 40 percent are under 5 and 70 percent are under 10.
From the orlandosentinel.com
He posted a $150 bond and has a Dec. 8 court date in Kane County juvenile court.
From the dailyherald.com
Sources include school counselors, the juvenile court system and social workers.
From the tennessean.com
The juvenile, whose name has not been released, didn't testify during his trial.
From the dailyherald.com
Also charged in the case was a 12-year-old boy who was prosecuted as a juvenile.
From the stltoday.com
Information on the juvenile suspects was not immediately available late Tuesday.
From the sltrib.com
More examples
  • A young person, not fully developed
  • Of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people; "juvenile diabetes"; "juvenile fashions"
  • Adolescent: displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes"
  • (juvenility) callowness: lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life
  • (juvenility) youth: the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person
  • The term minor is used to refer to a person who is under the age in which one legally assumes adulthood and is legally granted rights afforded to adults in society. Depending on the jurisdiction and application, this age may vary, but is usually marked at either 18, 20, or 21. ...
  • A juvenile is an individual organism that has not yet reached its adult form, sexual maturity or size. Juveniles sometimes look very different from the adult form, particularly in terms of their colour. ...
  • Terius Gray, better known by his stage name Juvenile, (born March 26, 1975) is an American rapper, He is also a former member of hip-hop group the Hot Boys . At the age of 19, he began recording raps, releasing his debut album Being Myself in 1995. ...
  • "The Juvenile" is a song by Jonas "Joker" Berggren of Ace of Base.