Juvenility — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life

the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dʒˌuːvənˈɪlᵻɾi/

🇬🇧British English

/dʒˌuːvənˈɪlɪti/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dʒˌuːvənˈɪlɪti/

5 syllables Say it as /dʒˌuːvənˈɪlᵻɾi/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

youthfulness youth jejuneness callowness

Word Forms

jejune	adjective	displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
juvenile	adjective	displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
youthful	adjective	suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Jugendlichkeit

fehlender und nachweisbarer Mangel an Lebenserfahrung

🇫🇷French

juvénilité

manquant et démontrant un manque d'expérience de la vie

🇪🇸Spanish

juventud

carente y evidenciando falta de experiencia de vida

🇮🇹Italian

gioventù

carente ed evidenziante mancanza di esperienza di vita

🇳🇱Dutch

jeugdigheid

ontbreken en blijk geven van een gebrek aan levenservaring

🇵🇹Portuguese

juvenilidade

faltando e evidenciando falta de experiência de vida

🇷🇺Russian

юность

отсутствие и свидетельствующее об отсутствии жизненного опыта

India

🇮🇳Hindi

जवानी

जीवन के अनुभव की कमी और साक्ष्य की कमी

🇧🇩Bengali

কিশোরতা

জীবনের অভিজ্ঞতার অভাব এবং প্রমাণের অভাব

🇮🇳Tamil

இளமை

வாழ்க்கையின் அனுபவம் இல்லாதது மற்றும் ஆதாரம் இல்லாதது

🇮🇳Telugu

యవ్వనం

జీవితం యొక్క అనుభవం లేకపోవడం మరియు రుజువు చేయడం

🇮🇳Marathi

तरुणपणा

जीवनाच्या अनुभवाचा अभाव आणि पुरावा

🇮🇳Gujarati

કિશોરાવસ્થા

જીવનના અનુભવનો અભાવ અને પુરાવો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಬಾಲಾಪರಾಧಿ

ಜೀವನದ ಅನುಭವದ ಕೊರತೆ ಮತ್ತು ಸಾಕ್ಷಿಯ ಕೊರತೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ബാല്യം

ജീവിതാനുഭവത്തിൻ്റെ കുറവും തെളിവും

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਨਾਬਾਲਗਤਾ

ਜੀਵਨ ਦੇ ਅਨੁਭਵ ਦੀ ਘਾਟ ਅਤੇ ਸਬੂਤ ਦੀ ਘਾਟ

🇵🇰Urdu

جوانی

زندگی کے تجربے کی کمی اور ثبوت کی کمی

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

少年感

缺乏和明显缺乏生活经验

🇯🇵Japanese

若年性

人生経験が欠けている、または欠けていることを証明する

🇰🇷Korean

연소

삶의 경험이 부족하고 증거가 부족함

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tuổi vị thành niên

thiếu và bằng chứng thiếu kinh nghiệm sống

🇹🇭Thai

ความเยาว์วัย

ขาดและเป็นหลักฐานการขาดประสบการณ์ชีวิต

🇮🇩Indonesian

usia muda

kurang dan menunjukkan kurangnya pengalaman hidup

🇵🇭Filipino

kabataan

kulang at nagpapatunay ng kakulangan ng karanasan sa buhay

🇲🇾Malay

juvana

kekurangan dan membuktikan kekurangan pengalaman hidup

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الأحداث

عدم وجود دليل على عدم وجود خبرة في الحياة

🇮🇷Persian

نوجوانی

نداشتن و گواه عدم تجربه زندگی

🇹🇷Turkish

gençlik

eksik ve yaşam deneyimi eksikliğini kanıtlayan

🇮🇱Hebrew

נוער

חסר ומעיד על חוסר ניסיון חיים

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The primary meaning of 'juvenility' is 'lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life'.

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