Recently juvenile delinquency has been on the rise.
Source: tatoeba (18728)
Juvenile
//ˈd͡ʒuːvənaɪl//
Synonyms for "juvenile" (191 found)
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Strong matches (57)
Related words (95)
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Noun(1 words)
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1 entriesdbpedia occupation
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4 entriesis a
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23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
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1 entriesTranslations
72 translations across 23 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- дети́нски adj (characteristic of youth or immaturity)
- млад adj (young; not fully developed)
- младежки adj (young; not fully developed)
- непълнолетен noun (person younger than the age of majority)
Danish
1 entries- barnlig adj (characteristic of youth or immaturity)
Esperanto
1 entries- junula adj (young; not fully developed)
Finnish
4 entries- lapsellinen adj (characteristic of youth or immaturity)
- nuori adj (young; not fully developed)
- nuorten adj (characteristic of youth or immaturity)
- alaikäinen noun (person younger than the age of majority)
French
3 entries- juvénile adj (young; not fully developed)
- juvénile adj (characteristic of youth or immaturity)
- adolescent noun (prepubescent child)
Georgian
4 entries- არასრულწლოვანი adj (young; not fully developed)
- ახალგაზრდა adj (young; not fully developed)
- ახალგაზრდული adj (characteristic of youth or immaturity)
- ყმაწვილი adj (young; not fully developed)
German
4 entries- jugendlich adj (young; not fully developed)
- jung adj (characteristic of youth or immaturity)
- kindisch adj (characteristic of youth or immaturity)
- unreif adj (characteristic of youth or immaturity)
Greek
1 entries- ανήλικος noun (person younger than the age of majority)
Hebrew
3 entries- אינפנטילי adj (characteristic of youth or immaturity)
- ילדותי adj (characteristic of youth or immaturity)
- ילדותית adj (characteristic of youth or immaturity)
Ido
2 entries- puerala adj (young; not fully developed)
- puerala adj (characteristic of youth or immaturity)
Irish
4 entries- sóisearach adj (young; not fully developed)
- sóisearach adj (characteristic of youth or immaturity)
- óigeanta adj (young; not fully developed)
- óigeanta adj (characteristic of youth or immaturity)
Japanese
3 entries- 若々しい adj (young; not fully developed)
- 子役 noun (actor playing a child's role)
- 少年 noun (prepubescent child)
Kazakh
1 entries- жасөспірім noun (prepubescent child)
Kumyk
4 entries- гиччи noun (prepubescent child)
- гиччи чагъындагъы noun (prepubescent child)
- йылы аз noun (prepubescent child)
- яшы аз noun (prepubescent child)
Māori
2 entries- pūhou adj (young; not fully developed)
- pūhouhou adj (young; not fully developed)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- شاب adj (young; not fully developed)
Persian
2 entries- جوان adj (young; not fully developed)
- درخور جوانی adj (young; not fully developed)
Polish
4 entries- dziecinny adj (characteristic of youth or immaturity)
- małoletni adj (young; not fully developed)
- młodociany adj (young; not fully developed)
- młody adj (young; not fully developed)
Russian
2 entries- малоле́тний adj (young; not fully developed)
- ю́ношеский adj (young; not fully developed)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- òganta adj (young; not fully developed)
- òganta adj (characteristic of youth or immaturity)
Slovene
2 entries- mladoletnica noun (person younger than the age of majority)
- mladoletnik noun (person younger than the age of majority)
Southern Altai
4 entries- кичинек јашту noun (prepubescent child)
- јажы ас noun (prepubescent child)
- јажы јетпеген noun (prepubescent child)
- јаш бала noun (prepubescent child)
Telugu
1 entries- బాలుడు noun (prepubescent child)
Sample sentences
28 total sentences available.
The juvenile crimes are increasing recently.
Source: tatoeba (268071)
However, the general crime number has not decreased though the juvenile delinquency stands out.
Source: tatoeba (268072)
The increase in juvenile delinquency is a serious problem.
Source: tatoeba (268073)
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