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amateurish

adjective as in unprofessional

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Five months of studying bonsai and I had nothing to show for it save some amateurish efforts with seedlings — and now this dead cedar.

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If there are spelling mistakes, amateurish photos, or incredibly long shipping times, you have cause for concern.

Morelle, though, called bat flipping “amateurish and immature.”

It made Kemp’s efforts to lock out criticism seem amateurish.

The performances we get instead are little more than adequate, perhaps the most obvious manifestation of the amateurish feel that keeps the movie from ever realizing its hypothetical potential.

Sure, it's an amateurish mashup of every other action movie, but it has its charms.

The release of the Romney tax returns is so amateurish that it almost offends me.

It was painfully low-budget and amateurish, available only on YouTube.

Romney has so far been an amateurish foreign-policy candidate.

The term independent rock was initially used to describe alternative bands signed to small, almost amateurish record labels.

"That's only amateurish and besides reprehensible," said the Tennessee Shad.

The sheet was small, four pages, often filled with plate matter, and the original matter was set in the most amateurish manner.

Peter contributed to it in his amateurish way and watched with solicitude the effect of his care and the fortune of his hints.

The police said it seemed to be a rather amateurish job, although whoever did it certainly succeeded in neutralizing the alarms.

Ricky had pulled out a microscopic bit of handkerchief and was dabbing at the blood in an amateurish way.

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On this page you'll find 23 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to amateurish, such as: incompetent, inept, bush-league, inexperienced, inexpert, and insipid.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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