amateur
Example Sentences
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Pete: First 45 minutes looked great, post half-time we looked like amateurs.
From BBC
The McCullagh family is synonymous with boxing in Belfast and his father and grandfather were both champion amateur boxers.
From BBC
After about 25 amateur fights, losing only six, Cook turned professional.
From BBC
In a game that still calls itself amateur, everything they do is professional grade.
Because there is no running, jumping or lifting of heavy objects, everyone from young children to octogenarians can, and do, compete in amateur curling in Canada.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
