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underage \un"der*age`\ ([u^]n"d[~e]r*[i^]j), a.
Shortage or deficiency in amount; shortfall. [Obs.]
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Under-age \Un"der-age`\, a.
1. Not having arrived at adult age; hence, incapable legally
of performing certain acts restricted to adults.
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2. Not having arrived at adult age, or at years of
discretion; hence, raw; green; immature; boyish; childish.
[Obs.]
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I myself have loved a lady, and pursued her with a
great deal of under-age protestation. --J. Webster.
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Dependent \De*pend"ent\, a. [L. dependens, -entis, p. pr.
dependere. See {Depend}, and cf. {Dependant}.]
1. Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.
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2. Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not
able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything,
without the will, power, or aid of something else; not
self-sustaining; subordinate; -- often with on or upon;
as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends. Opposite of
{independent}. [Narrower terms: {interdependent,
mutualist, mutually beneficial}; {parasitic, parasitical,
leechlike, bloodsucking}; {subordinate}; {underage};
{myrmecophilous}; {symbiotic}] Also See: {unfree}.
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England, long dependent and degraded, was again a
power of the first rank. --Macaulay.
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3. conditional; contingent or conditioned. Opposite of
{unconditional}.

Syn: qualified.
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4. addicted to drugs.

Syn: addicted, dependent, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out.
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{Dependent covenant} or {Dependent contract} (Law), one not
binding until some connecting stipulation is performed.

{Dependent variable} (Math.), a varying quantity whose
changes are arbitrary, but are regarded as produced by
changes in another variable, which is called the
{independent variable}.
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