Definition: 1. A juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity. 2. Relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent. 3. Being of the age 13 through 19. 4. Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity.
Use 'adolescent' in a sentence:
1. You can't have all these adolescent dreams.
2. It was nothing like her adolescent crushes.
3. They worry that the adolescent peer group has the power to push its members into behavior that is foolish and even dangerous.
4. His mental capacity never really got beyond that of an adolescent.
5. Many industries are going out of infancy and becoming adolescents, Shapiro said.
6. It's a good idea to give adolescents a little more information than they ask for.
7. These chemicals put the scent in adolescent!
8. As careers and vocations become less available during times of recession, adolescents may be especially hard hit.
9. While most parents, teachers and clinicians would react to an adolescent using drugs or getting drunk, they may easily overlook teenagers who are engaging in inconspicuous behaviors.
10. An adolescent is often caught up in fantastic thoughts.
11. I believe this is a common habit of children and adolescents.
12. The healthy adolescent boy or girl likes to do the real things in life, to do the things that matter.
13. Adolescents under the age of 18 may not work in jobs that require them to drive.
14. Another study of high school social networks found less bullying and aggression the higher the density of mixed-sex friendships within a given adolescent network.
15. Adolescents are most likely to get into trouble when they're at a loose end.
16. "The adolescent becomes an adult when he undertakes a real job."
17. The average boy of 14 years old is only beginning his adolescent growth spurt.
18. It is no use simply to tell adolescents to shape up and do something useful.
19. The time has come for parents to butt out of the adolescent's daily life.
20. And this finding could have important implications for how we think about educating adolescents.
21. The picture was different for adolescent boys, age 12 to 17.
22. Such difficult economic times may leave many adolescents confused about their roles in society.
23. The Internet is still an adolescent industry.
24. And although anxious parents may not welcome the notion, educators could turn adolescent recklessness to academic ends.
25. He was showing off, as is the way with adolescent boys.
26. Although anxious parents may not welcome the notion, educators could turn adolescent recklessness to academic ends.
27. 'When I was an adolescent,' says a thirty-one-year-old man, 'I thought girls held all the aces.'
28. You can’t have all these adolescent dreams.
29. SOLAR power has become an unlovely adolescent.
30. His remarks about the matter struck me as being a bit adolescent.
31. They plan to buy souvenirs and a watch — "and cosmetics," Yuki said, giving her father one of those disgusted adolescent looks.
32. The adolescent wants to do things first for only then does he appreciate the problems involved and want to learn more about them.
33. Piaget said: "True adaptation to society comes automatically when the adolescent reformer attempts to put his ideas to work."
34. Pursuing a career is an essential part of adolescent development.
35. Why give publicity to this self-indulgent, adolescent oaf?
36. The adolescent becomes an adult when he undertakes a real job.
37. Adolescent students are usually loath to chat with their parents about what happened in school.
38. The adolescent crisis is most important.
39. Man is still only adolescent.
40. The adolescent girl from Tennessee was standing on the stage of a drama summer camp in New York.
41. In the 1950s, data on captive chimpanzees collected by James Gavan appeared devoid of evidence of an adolescent growth spurt in these apes.
42. Most biologists, nonetheless, are doubtful that this is a humanlike adolescent growth spurt.
43. Adolescent suicide is rarely an impulsive reaction to immediate distress.
44. In awe of his mother and in love with his father, the adolescent Max chose to stay with Mac.
45. He spent his adolescent years playing guitar in the church band.
46. Chewing gum, once bought primarily by adolescent boys, is now featured in commercials as a breath freshener and teeth cleanser for use after a meal.
47. They do these things better in primitive life, for there the adolescent boy joins his father in making canoes and going out fishing or hunting.
48. The researchers conclude that electronic communication was the only adolescent activity that increased at the same time psychological wellbeing declined.
49. Parents worry about the effect of music on their adolescent's behavior.
50. It is important that an adolescent boy should have an adult in whom he can confide.
51. A little adolescent rebellion is commonly believed to be healthy.
