under age

[under age] {adj. phr.}

Too young; not old enough; below legal age.

* /He could not enlist in the army because he was under age./

* /Rose was not allowed to enroll in the Life Saving Course because she was under age./

Contrast: OF AGE(1).

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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