An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
UNDERAGE
underage
(adjective) dependent by virtue of youth
minor, nonaged, underage
(adjective) not of legal age; “minor children”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
underage (not comparable)
Below the legal age for some activity, such as drinking or having sex.
Not yet a legal adult; still a minor.
Synonyms
• (not legal): minor (noun)
Antonyms
• of age
• overage
Etymology 2
Noun
underage (plural underages)
A deficit or shortfall in funds, inventory, or capacity.
Anagrams
• Gendreau, dungaree, unagreed, ungeared
Source: Wiktionary
Un"der-age`, a.
Definition: Not having arrived at adult age, or at years of discretion; hence, raw; green; immature; boyish; childish. [Obs.] I myself have loved a lady, and pursued her with a great deal of under-age protestation. J. Webster.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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