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Definitions for JUVENILE
ˈdʒu və nl, -ˌnaɪlju·ve·nile

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. juvenile, juvenile personadjective

    a young person, not fully developed

  2. juvenileadjective

    of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people

    "juvenile diabetes"; "juvenile fashions"

  3. adolescent, jejune, juvenile, puerileadjective

    displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity

    "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes"

GCIDE

  1. Juvenileadjective

    Of or pertaining to youth; as, juvenile sports.3. Characteristic of children; immature; childish; puerile; infantile; as, a juvenile temper tantrum.

Wiktionary

  1. juvenilenoun

    a prepubescent child

  2. juvenilenoun

    a person not legally of age, or who is younger than may be charged with an offence

  3. juvenilenoun

    an animal that is not sexually mature

  4. juvenilenoun

    an actor playing a child's role

  5. juvenileadjective

    young; not fully developed

  6. juvenileadjective

    characteristic of youth or immaturity; childish

  7. Etymology: iuvenilis, from iuvenis

ChatGPT

  1. juvenile

    A juvenile generally refers to a young person, typically someone who is not yet considered an adult by law. In a legal context, it often describes individuals under a certain age who have committed a crime and are treated differently from adult offenders. In a biological context, it is used to describe the stage in an organism's life cycle between birth and adulthood.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Juvenileadjective

    young; youthful; as, a juvenile appearance

  2. Juvenileadjective

    of or pertaining to youth; as, juvenile sports

  3. Juvenilenoun

    a young person or youth; -- used sportively or familiarly

  4. Etymology: [L. juvenilis, from juvenis young; akin to E. young: cf. F. juvnile, juvnil. See Young.]

Wikidata

  1. Juvenile

    Terius Gray, better known by his stage name Juvenile, 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. He became popular when his 1999 single "Back That Thang Up" was released. In 2003, he returned to Cash Money to record Juve the Great, spawning the number-one hit "Slow Motion". Following this album he again left Cash Money, and in 2006 he was signed to Atlantic Records. He released Reality Check under that label. He released his eighth studio album, titled Cocky & Confident, on December 1, 2009. He released his ninth studio album, titled Beast Mode, on July 6, 2010.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Juvenile

    jōō′ve-nīl, or -nil, adj. young: pertaining or suited to youth: puerile.—n. a young person: a book written for such: an actor who plays youthful parts.—ns. Ju′venileness, Juvenil′ity. [Fr.,—L. juvenilisjuvenis, young.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of JUVENILE in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of JUVENILE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of JUVENILE in a Sentence

  1. Craig Downs:

    Oxybenzone is really toxic to the juvenile form of corals, and that's consistent with the dogma of toxicology that juveniles are usually a thousand times more sensitive to the toxic effects of a chemical than a parent.

  2. Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451:

    Those who don't build must burn. It's as old as history and juvenile delinquence.

  3. Ruth Bader Ginsburg Ginsburg:

    Has any Virginia judge ever reduced a juvenile life without parole to life with parole or a term of years?

  4. Bob Corker:

    It's a spectacle, and candidly, it's juvenile, the whole thing is juvenile.

  5. Roger Stone:

    Roger Stone replied that Roger Stone was doing everything possible to address the issues at the highest level of Government. Pentagon Papers showe the extent of the FBIs surveillance, which included monitoring essentially all of Stones Apple services, from email to browsing history. Utility bills, address books, WhatsApp messages -- all were also under the bureaus review. Additionally, records illustrate the Trump campaigns curiosity about what information WikiLeaks was going to make public -- and reinforce Robert Muellers conclusion that the Donald Trump team didnt conspire with WikiLeaks or Russian hackers to obtain the materials.Former White House adviser Steve Bannon told Robert Muellers team under questioning that Steve Bannon had asked Stone about WikiLeaks because Robert Muellers had heard that Roger Stone had a channel to Assange, and he was hoping for more releases of damaging information. Muellers investigation identifiedcontacts during the 2016 campaign between Donald Trump associates and Russians, but did not identify any conspiracy to tip the outcome of the presidential election. The lengthy investigation fueled numerous conspiracy theories that aired regularly on MSNBC and CNN, as well as in print inThe Washington Post, The Huffington Post, and elsewhere. FILE - This Feb. 21, 2019, file courtroom sketch shows former campaign adviser for President Donald Trump, Roger Stone talking from the witness stand as prosecution attorney Jonathan Kravis, standing left, Stone's attorney Bruce Rogow, third from right, and Judge Amy Berman Jackson listen, during a court hearing at the U.S. District Courthouse in Washington. Jonathan Kravis will run a new public corruption unit at the District of Columbia Office of the Attorney General, which has jurisdiction over juvenile offenses as well as misdemeanor crimes. ( Dana Verkouteren via Associated Press, File) In a statement Tuesday, Roger Stone acknowledged that the search warrant affidavits contain private communication, but insisted that they prove no crimes. I have no trepidation about their release as they confirm there was no illegal activity and certainly no Russian collusion by me during the 2016 Election.

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