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View usage for: (æmətərɪʃ, US -tʃɜːrɪʃ) adjectiveIf you describe something as amateurish, you think that it is not skilfully made or done. [disapproval] We have to develop a less amateurish approach to our organisations. The paintings looked very amateurish. Synonyms: unprofessional, amateur, crude, bungling More Synonyms of amateurish amateurish in British English (ˈæmətərɪʃ, -tʃər-, -ˌtʃʊər-, ˌæməˈtɜːrɪʃ) adjectivelacking professional skill or expertise Derived forms amateurishly (ˈamateurishly) adverb amateurishness (ˈamateurishness) noun amateurish in American English (ˈæməˌtʃʊrɪʃ; ˌ æməˈtɜrɪʃ) adjective like an amateur; inexpert; unskillful Derived forms amateurishly (ˈamaˌteurishly) adverb amateurishness (ˈamaˌteurishness) noun Examples of 'amateurish' in a sentenceamateurish In his turn he was looking through her, as if her own amateurish disguises were transparent.The walls were covered in old paintings, all of them cheap and amateurish, and old faded photographs; the house was a museum.It was an amateurish seascape with a great many small boats cavorting on a turbulent ocean. All the paintings were cheap and amateurish. Synonyms Opposites experienced , professional , skilled , expert , practised Additional synonymsDefinition amateurish They gave a performance which easily capped our amateur efforts. Synonyms incompetent, unable, cowboy (informal), useless, incapable, insufficient, floundering, bungling, unfit, unfitted, inept, ineffectual, incapacitated, inexpert, skill-less, unskilfula bungling burglar Synonyms incompetent, blundering, awkward, clumsy, inept, botching, cack-handed (informal), maladroit, ham-handed (informal), unskilful, ham-fisted (informal), unco (Australian, slang) Definition lacking in skill or physical coordination I'd never seen a clumsier, less coordinated boxer. Synonyms awkward, blundering, bungling, lumbering, inept, bumbling, ponderous, ungainly, gauche, accident-prone, gawky, heavy, uncoordinated, cack-handed (informal), inexpert, maladroit, ham-handed (informal), like a bull in a china shop, klutzy (US, Canadian, slang), unskilful, butterfingered (informal), ham-fisted (informal), unco (Australian, slang) Nearby words ofamateurish - amalgamation
- amass
- amateur
- amateurish
- amatory
- amaze
- amazed
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