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Definition of Amateurish
1. Adjective. Lacking professional skill or expertise. "An unskilled painting"
Similar to: Unprofessional
Derivative terms: Amateur, Amateurishness
Definition of Amateurish
1. a. In the style of an amateur; superficial or defective like the work of an amateur.
Definition of Amateurish
1. Adjective. Suggesting or reflecting the efforts of an amateur; not seeming professional or polished. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Amateurish
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amateurish
Literary usage of Amateurish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookman (1897)
"Mr. Bliss Carman wonders what we think " decadence" means. That is of little
importance. What the public means by " decadence" is the amateurish and the ..."
2. Between Eras from Capitalism to Democracy by Albion Woodbury Small (1913)
"Anyway, the appearance it presents in the glimpses I am getting is chiefly
amateurish." By this time Mr. Lyon had dismissed the thought of correcting these ..."
3. Handbook for Newspaper Workers, Treating Grammar, Punctuation, English by Grant Milnor Hyde (1921)
"The feeble tying together with then or also is likewise amateurish: amateurish —
He failed to raise the ten thousand, so the firm was dissolved. ..."
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