juvenile

[US]/ˈdʒuːvənaɪl/
[UK]/ˈdʒuːvənl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. related to young people; lacking maturity
n. a young person; literature intended for young readers

Phrases & Collocations

juvenile delinquency

juvenile court

juvenile detention center

juvenile offender

juvenile justice system

juvenile diabetes

juvenile hormone

juvenile delinquent

Example Sentences

the romantic juvenile lead.

an interdenominational committee on juvenile delinquency

the juvenile pranks of the conventioneers.

He is an expert in juvenile delinquency.

juvenile birds with yellow gapes.

he had no juvenile record, no priors.

We can curb juvenile delinquency by education.

Shortly Tom came upon the juvenile pariah of the village.

the juvenile nature of his decadence reveals itself.

she overreacted in such a feeble, juvenile way.

he dismissed the remark as juvenile and imperceptive.

she's bored with my juvenile conversation.

the last of his juvenile plumage had moulted.

juvenile behavior.See Synonyms at young

sentencing guidelines for juvenile defendants.

took a carrot-and-stick approach to the rehabilitation of juvenile offenders.

The authorities are at their wits' end about juvenile delinquency.

Juvenile drug abuse is the great dilemma of the 1980's. ·

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