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amastia |
amate |
amaterasu |
amaterasu omikami |
amateur |
amateurish
| amateurishly
| amateurishness
| amateurism
| amateurship
| amati
amateurish
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective amateurish has 1 sense
- amateurish(s = adj.all) amateur, inexpert, unskilled - lacking professional skill or expertise; "a very amateurish job"; "inexpert but conscientious efforts"; "an unskilled painting" Derived form noun amateurishness1
CIDE DICTIONARY
amateurish, a.
In the style of an amateur; superficial or defective like the work of an amateur. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
amateurish, adj. characteristic of an amateur, esp. unskilful or inexperienced.
Derivative
amateurishly adv. amateurishness n.
THESAURUS
amateurish
amateur, clumsy, crude, dabbling, defective, deficient, dilettante, dilettantish, faulty, flawed, green, half-assed, half-baked, half-cocked, immature, jackleg, raw, sciolistic, semiskilled, shallow, smattering, sophomoric, superficial, unaccomplished, unbusinesslike, uncoached, unendowed, unfinished, ungifted, uninitiated, unpolished, unprepared, unprimed, unprofessional, unschooled, unskilled, untalented, untaught, untrained, untutored
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