amateur
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Sense: Adjective: not professional
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nonprofessional, novice, unskilled, untrained, inexperienced, unpaid, inexpert, dabbling, immature Collocations, weekend Collocations
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Sense: Adjective: of poor quality or standard
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clumsy Collocations, shoddy, inferior, poor Collocations, second-rate, second-class, bungling, half-baked , half-assed , half-arsed , half-cocked , unskilled, mediocre
Sense: Noun: nonprofessional
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nonprofessional, beginner, learner, rookie, novice, newbie , noob , layperson, dabbler, enthusiast, greenhorn, tenderfoot, neophyte, recruit Collocations, apprentice Collocations, hobbyist, dilettante, hopeful Collocations, initiate Collocations, freshman Collocations , putterer , potterer , tinkerer
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