what does juvenile mean?
JUVENILE as NOUN
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Hypernyms(s) juvenile is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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JUVENILE as ADJECTIVE
- Meaning
- displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
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- adolescent insecurity
- jejune responses to our problems
- their behavior was juvenile
- puerile jokes
Similar To
- Meaning
- of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people
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- juvenile diabetes
- juvenile fashions
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