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     • amateurish - lacking professional skill or expertise; "a very amateurish job"; "inexpert but conscientious efforts"; "an unskilled painting"
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   What is amateurish adjective?

   • Definition of amateurish adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary not done or made well or with skill Detectives described the burglary as ‘crude and amateurish’. Definition of amateurish adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   What does amateur mean in English?

   • At the heart of amateurish is the noun amateur, or "beginner." The oldest meaning of amateur is "lover of something," from the Latin amatorem, "lover," although by the late 1700's it came to mean "dabbler," or not a professional.

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   What is an example of amateurism?

   • Something that's amateurish is done by someone who's not an expert. Your amateurish attempt at baking might result in a lopsided pink cake, for example. If your handmade dress is amateurish, it won't look like you bought it in a department store.

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   Where did the word amateur come from?

   • The earliest sense of amateur ("one that has a marked fondness, liking, or taste") is strongly connected to its roots: the word came into English from the French amateur, which in turn comes from the Latin word for “lover” ( amator ).

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3. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › amateurishAMATEURISH | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   having no skill, or showing no skill: Their website looks amateurish. Synonyms. inexpert. unskilled. Compare. amateur adjective. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. bad at something. bad at I was overweight and bad at sport. hopeless I’m completely hopeless in the kitchen. useless UK He’s useless at maths.

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   Definition of amateurish adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   having no skill, or showing no skill: Their website looks amateurish. Synonyms. inexpert. unskilled. Compare. amateur adjective. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. bad at something. bad at I was overweight and bad at sports. hopeless I’m completely hopeless in the kitchen. useless UK He’s useless at maths.

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   What does the adjective amateurish mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective amateurish. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use. How common is the adjective amateurish? About 0.3 occurrences per million words in modern written English. See frequency.

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   1. : one who engages in a pursuit, study, science, or sport as a pastime rather than as a profession. She played soccer as an amateur before turning professional. a tournament that is open to both amateurs and professionals. 2. : one lacking in experience and competence in an art or science.

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   Something that's amateurish is done by someone who's not an expert. Your amateurish attempt at baking might result in a lopsided pink cake, for example. If your handmade dress is amateurish, it won't look like you bought it in a department store.

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   If you describe something as amateurish, you think that it is not skilfully made or done.