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- Dictionarynon-professional/ˌnɒnprəˈfɛʃən(ə)l/
adjective
- 1. relating to or engaged in a paid occupation that does not require advanced education or training: "non-professional grades of staff"
noun
- 1. a non-professional person: "non-professionals like fruit vendors and newspaper distributors"
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NON-PROFESSIONAL definition: 1. used to describe someone who does something not as their job but because they are interested in…. Learn more.
: a person who is not a professional: such as. a. : someone who does not belong to or possess training in a particular profession. the role of nonprofessionals in mental health care. b. : someone who engages in or practices some craft or art without previous training or professional status. a cooking class for nonprofessionals.
(of a person) doing something as a hobby or to help someone, not as a paid job: The director liked to use nonprofessional actors in her films. Most people who play the game are nonprofessional. (of work) not needing special training or education: Many graduates work in nonprofessional jobs for a while after leaving university.
used to describe someone who does something not as their job but because they are interested in it: There are certain indicators that signal an upturn that may not be obvious to non-professional investors. HR. used to describe a job that does not need a high level of training or education:
not professional; not engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or for gain.
Definition of non-professional adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define non-professional. non-professional synonyms, non-professional pronunciation, non-professional translation, English dictionary definition of non-professional. non-professional. Translations. English: non-professional ADJ no profesional, aficionado.
1. not a member of or trained in a specific profession. 2. Sport. not offering or engaged in for payment or a monetary prize; amateur. a nonprofessional league. a nonprofessional player. noun. 3. a person who is not a professional. 4. an amateur athlete. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
What does the word non-professional mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the word non-professional. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use. How common is the word non-professional? About 0.2 occurrences per million words in modern written English. See frequency.
1. nonprofessional - not professional; not engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or for gain; "the nonprofessional wives of his male colleagues"; "nonprofessional actors"
