| Main Entry: | underage |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | below legal age |
Synonyms: |
adolescent, junior, juvenile, minor, underaged |
| Main Entry: | underage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shortage |
Synonyms: |
curtailment, dearth, defalcation, defect, deficiency, deficit, failure, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, lapse, leanness, paucity, pinch, poverty, scantiness, scantness, scarceness, scarcity, shortcoming, shortfall, tightness, want, weakness* |
| Main Entry: | deficit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shortage of something needed, required |
Synonyms: |
arrears, dead horse, defalcation, default, deficiency, due bill, dues, in hock, in the hole, in the red, inadequacy, insufficience, insufficiency, lack, loss, paucity, red ink, scantiness, shortcoming, shortfall, underage |
Antonyms: |
enough, excess, plenty, superfluousness |
| Main Entry: | inadequacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shortage, defect, inability |
Synonyms: |
blemish, dearth, defalcation, defectiveness, deficiency, deficit, drawback, failing, faultiness, flaw, imperfection, inadequateness, inaptness, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, incompleteness, ineffectiveness, ineffectualness, inefficacy, inefficiency, ineptitude, insufficiency, lack, meagerness, paucity, poverty, scantiness, shortcoming, skimpiness, underage, unfitness, unsuitableness, weakness |
Antonyms: |
ability, adequacy, enough, plenty, sufficiency |
| Main Entry: | minor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person under legal age of maturity |
Synonyms: |
adolescent, baby, boy, child, girl, infant, junior, juvenile, lad, little one, schoolboy, schoolgirl, teenager, underage, youngster, youth |
Antonyms: |
adult |
| Main Entry: | shortage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deficiency |
Synonyms: |
curtailment, dearth, defalcation, deficit, failure, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, lapse, leanness, paucity, pinch, poverty, scantiness, scarcity, shortfall, tightness, underage, want, weakness |
Antonyms: |
abundance, ample, enough, sufficiency |
| Main Entry: | shortfall |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deficit; imperfection |
Synonyms: |
arrears, default, defectiveness, deficiency, flaw, in the hole, in the red, inadequacy, incompleteness, insufficience, insufficiency, lack, loss, red ink, shortage, shortcoming, underage |
| Main Entry: | youthful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | new, immature |
Synonyms: |
active, adolescent, boyish, budding, buoyant, callow, childish, childlike, enthusiastic, fresh, full of life, girlish, green*, inexperienced, infant, juvenile, keen, pubescent, puerile, tender, underage, vernal, vigorous, young |
| Notes: | to be young is to be immature or not old; to be youthful is having the attractive qualities of a young person |
Antonyms: |
experienced, mature, old |
| Main Entry: | scantiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shortage |
Synonyms: |
curtailment, dearth, defalcation, defect, deficiency, deficit, failure, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, lapse, leanness, paucity, pinch, poverty, scantness, scarceness, scarcity, shortcoming, shortfall, tightness, underage, want, weakness* |
| Main Entry: | scantness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shortage |
Synonyms: |
curtailment, dearth, defalcation, defect, deficiency, deficit, failure, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, lapse, leanness, paucity, pinch, poverty, scantiness, scarceness, scarcity, shortcoming, shortfall, tightness, underage, want, weakness* |