26984 words

juvenile

7 definitions • 13 examples
1
relating to a young person who is not yet old enough to be considered an adult:

Examples:

juvenile crime/offenders
He was later taken to juvenile detention for violating the terms of his parole.
2

Examples:

The following year, he was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes.
juvenile arthritis
3
A juvenile animal is young and not fully grown:

Examples:

juvenile salmon
juvenile crabs
4
silly and typical of a child:

Examples:

juvenile behaviour
a juvenile sense of humour
He was ridiculed in a rather juvenile and at times spiteful way.
5
a person who is not old enough to be considered an adult:

Examples:

He was still a juvenile when the crime was committed.
Some of those programs fail in that they transfer juveniles to adult correctional systems
6
a young animal that is not yet fully grown:

Examples:

The marsh protects fish eggs and juveniles that need to evade predators until they can mature and move into open water.
7
of, by, or for a young person who is not yet an adult:

Examples:

He studied both adult and juvenile crime.

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