amateurish
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6.5
- adjective
- /ˌæməˈtɪrɪʃ/
:
poco profesional
- Some of these exploits are very amateurish and easily spotted even by casual users.
- even more amateurish
That reduces this basically to the level of a kind of amateurish blog thing.
- That reduces this basically to the level of a kind of amateurish blog thing.
- So to not control for timings in any way whatsoever is really amateurish.
- Of course, if I try to do David Fincher, it's going to look so amateurish and it'll feel more importantly, so false that I have to kind of rescue myself from that.
- This isn't completely bungled, amateurish kind of crap trap of operation.
Examples
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If you ask me, there's something very amateurish about this operation.
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The voice, like the recording itself, was amateurish and a little embarrassing.
Fiction book (1994) -
The paintings themselves had such an amateurish look to them.
Fiction book (1999) -
Well, I'm not an expert in the field or anything but the production quality seemed amateurish to me.
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Pitfall number 2: a big, amateurish casting mistake.
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It was magic though quite clumsy and amateurish.
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I've never seen such childlike, amateurish behavior.
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Anyone who describes the first book of CEREBUS as "amateurish" isn't seeing the bigger picture.
Blog text (9) -
The reformist politicians are too weak and amateurish to challenge the technobureaucrats within the state.
Academic text (2016) -
The presentation was so amateurish that it failed to impress the audience.
Synonyms
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3.5
Done by someone who is not a professional and shows little skill
66
3.4
Not having much skill or practice
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1.9
A job that does not need special training
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6.5
Not skilled at a task or subject
Showing little skill in an art like painting
Shows a shallow, not serious interest in art like painting or music
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Etymology
Amateurish comes from the word amateur, which comes from an old Latin word amator meaning 'lover' — someone who does something 'for love' or 'not for pay'. So amateurish describes work that looks like it was done by someone doing it for fun, not with professional skill.