amateurishness

Example Sentences

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Certain costumes for the enchanted objects — I’m talking about you, flatware! — look dorky to the point of amateurishness, a shortcoming that can highlight Josh Walden’s stilted choreography.

From Washington Post • Nov. 14, 2021

But it’s more redolent with amateurishness than reeking of it.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2021

This Bieber amateurishness might have been the moment that Cohen feared, when watching Thug.

From The New Yorker • May 6, 2016

It's all mummery and flummery, and conducted with a winning amateurishness.

From The Guardian • Oct. 1, 2012

In spite of the amateurishness and opportunism of their leaders, the PAC rank and file displayed great courage and fortitude in their demonstrations at Sharpeville and Langa.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela