amateurish
/ˈamətərɪʃ
/adjective
Done in an unskilful or inept way: her amateurish interviewing technique...
- If they try to do so on their own, their attempts will often be amateurish, incompetent, and therefore less of a threat than they might otherwise be.
- Worse, it is making unforced errors which make it look amateurish and incompetent.
- In the end, the organization looks clumsy and amateurish.
Synonyms
incompetent, inept, useless, unskilful, inexpert, amateur, clumsy, maladroit, gauche, blundering, bungling, bumbling, botched, crude
British informal bodged
Derivatives
amateurishly
/ adverb ...- A movie may be incompetently acted and amateurishly shot.
- This is the sort of test that is poorly - and amateurishly - designed and conducted, and which proves essentially nothing.
- The quality of the exhibition was not only amateurishly reminiscent of A-level sketch books, but in some places absolutely risible.
amateurishness
/ noun ...- The US delegation was shocked by the amateurishness of it all.
- The result is productions that, regardless of cast, budget, time and effort, cannot drag themselves up from amateurishness.
- Tom Waits narrates the film, made with no sign of amateurishness.