noun
- A young person, not fully developed.
- synonyms: juvenile person
adjective
- Of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people.
- usage: "juvenile diabetes"; "juvenile fashions"
- Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity.
- usage: "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes"
- synonyms: adolescent, jejune, puerile
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