Definition of Nonprofessional

1. Adjective. Not professional; not engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or for gain. "Nonprofessional actors"

Similar to: Amateur, Recreational, Unpaid, Lay
Antonyms: Professional

Definition of Nonprofessional

1. a. Not belonging to a profession; not done by, or proceeding from, professional men; contrary to professional usage.

Definition of Nonprofessional

1. Adjective. not professional; amateur ¹

2. Noun. One who is not a professional; an amateur. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nonprofessional

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonprofessional

nonproblem
nonproblems
nonprocedural
nonprocedurally
nonprocessable
nonprocessed
nonprocrastinating
nonprocreative
nonproducer
nonproducers
nonproducing
nonproduction
nonproductive
nonproductivity
nonprofane
nonprofessional (current term)
nonprofessionalism
nonprofessionally
nonprofessionals
nonprofessor
nonprofessorial
nonprofessors
nonproficiency
nonproficient
nonprofit
nonprofitable
nonprofits
nonprognosticative
nonprogram
nonprogrammable

Literary usage of Nonprofessional

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the second Pan American scientific congress: Washington, U. S by Glen Levin Swiggett (1917)
"The nonprofessional graduate school—the faculty of philosophy of the German ... Columbia organizes its nonprofessional graduate work under three separate ..."

2. Annual Report of the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society by Wisconsin State Horticultural Society (1878)
"The whole number of entries made was 548; of these, 214 were by professional cultivators of fruit; 142, by nonprofessional cultivators; six of nursery stock ..."

3. Annual Report of the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society by Wisconsin State Horticultural Society (1877)
"The number of entries of fruit by professional cultivators was 257; by nonprofessional, 307. Number of entries of flowers by professional cultivators was 54 ..."

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