dabbling

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dilettante adj.
unfinished adj.
dalliance n.

ADJECTIVE

dilettante

Synonyms

STRONG

green rookie tenderfoot

WEAK

artsy fartsy half-baked half-cocked unaccomplished ungifted unskilled

Antonyms

WEAK

professional

ADJECTIVE

unfinished

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bare incomplete unadorned undeveloped unfulfilled

WEAK

amateurish crude cut short defective deficient dilettante faulty formless found wanting fragmentary half-baked half-done immature imperfect in the making in the rough lacking natural not done plain raw rough roughhewn shapeless sketchy tentative unaccomplished unassembled uncompleted unconcluded under construction undone unexecuted unfashioned unperfected unpolished unrefined wanting

Antonyms

WEAK

completed finished polished refined whole

NOUN

dalliance

Synonyms

STRONG

delay idling loafing playing poking procrastination toying trifling

WEAK

delaying dilly-dallying frittering frivoling loitering procrastinating puttering

Antonyms

WEAK

hastening hurrying push rush

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dabbling

Intrigued, American anglers started dabbling with urchins, and having success.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Companies are also dabbling with artificial intelligence to see if AI can replace some jobs, particularly entry-level positions typically filled by young people.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

Some Premier League clubs are dabbling with pricing a selection of seats dynamically to boost revenues.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

He later spent time in Hungary, dabbling in nationalist politics and earning a doctorate degree.

From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2026

But in this world, you can be right, or you can be safe, and the type of danger Ollie is dabbling in makes my own work look like nothing.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

dabbling

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