subadult

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subadult
Adjective
  • From working in the kitchen at juvenile detention to enrolling in culinary school between prison stints, Carter knew his passion could become his purpose.
    Kizzy Cox, Essence, 4 June 2025
  • Bean, 84, has been superintendent of the juvenile detention center since 1972.
    Paige Pfleger, ProPublica, 2 June 2025
Adjective
  • Toby Gilroy and Finn Elliott died during a storm after taking their boat to rescue Finn’s younger brother, Kieran Elliot, who was at the towering caves that border the bay.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
  • Following arguments in December, the court's conservative members appeared sympathetic to Tennessee's efforts to restrict access to the medical care for young people experiencing gender dysphoria.
    Melissa Quinn June 9, CBS News, 9 June 2025
Adjective
  • Lyrically, this song is pretty simple, but the complexity of the musical arrangement elevates it to something more than just a ditty about teenage puppy love.
    James Folta, Literary Hub, 17 June 2025
  • After 50 years of public speculation, Taylor seems finally willing to talk about the 1975 murders of his teenage siblings in Ojai.
    Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2025
Adjective
  • Nothing rings more true than the trope of the restless adolescent.
    Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 7 June 2025
  • Dilly Dally, an adolescent loggerhead, first arrived at the LMC back in January after being attacked by a predator.
    Alana Wise, NPR, 6 June 2025
Adjective
  • For May 1966’s expansive Pet Sounds, Wilson and lyricist Tony Asher created a song cycle documenting a passage from youthful innocence to mournful adulthood that the composer contrasted with delicately sophisticated yet openhearted orchestrations.
    Barry Walters, Billboard, 11 June 2025
  • The latest entry in the long-running Onimusha series takes us to a corrupted Kyoto with youthful Toshiro Mifune as our guide.
    Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Adjective
  • Advertisement Notably, the bots mostly did not express reservations about providing therapy services to underage clients, despite the fact that the sites claim to have age restrictions.
    Andrew R. Chow, Time, 12 June 2025
  • Court filings show the three men came to the attention of North Little Rock police when a late-night tip about two underage girls entering a room with a much older man sent officers to the Motel 6, 400 W. 29th St., just before 1 a.m. Feb. 10, 2024.
    John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 11 June 2025
Adjective
  • Manipulative or emotionally immature individuals end up exploiting this belief with ease.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
  • Nikki, who can be messy and loud and immature, doesn’t always handle that intensity with grace.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 19 May 2025
Adjective
  • One allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail, and three deputies were struck, causing minor injuries, the department said.
    Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
  • Per the Sheriff’s Office, the unidentified suspect broke in and assaulted a resident living in the home, who escaped after suffering a minor injury.
    Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 7 June 2025
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“Subadult.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subadult. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.

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