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juvenile

 
 
/ˈdʒuːvənaɪl/ adjective

Translation

YOUNG [always before noun] by, for, or relating to young people
gençlere/çocuklara özgü/ait
juvenile crime 1567
SILLY behaving in a silly way as if you were a young child
çocuksu, olgunlaşmamış
1568
(Definition of juvenile adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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