amateurish

English

Etymology

From amateur +‎ -ish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.mə.t͡ʃʊɚ.ɪʃ/, /ˈæ.mə.tjʊɚ.ɪʃ/

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Adjective

amateurish (comparative more amateurish, superlative most amateurish)

1. (derogatory) Suggesting or reflecting the efforts of an amateur; not seeming professional or polished.
   • 1964 September, “New Books: The History of Railways. By Erwin Berghaus. Barrie & Rockcliff. 35s.”, in Modern Railways, page 222:

     Some of the photographs are new and interesting, but many captions are amateurish, uninformative or simply careless.

Derived terms

• amateurishly
• amateurishness
• unamateurish

 

Translations

reflecting the efforts of an amateur

• Armenian: սիրողական (hy) (siroġakan), դիլետանտական (hy) (diletantakan)
• Belarusian: ама́тарскі (amátarski), любі́цельскі (ljubícjelʹski)
• Bulgarian: аматьо́рски (amatjórski), люби́телски (ljubítelski)
• Czech: amatérský (cs)
• Danish: amatørmæssig
• Dutch: amateuristisch (nl)
• Esperanto: amatoreca
• Finnish: amatöörimäinen
• French: amateur (fr)
• German: unfachmännisch, stümperhaft, laienhaft (de), amateurhaft (de)
• Irish: tútach
• Macedonian: амате́рски (amatérski)
• Maori: hakorea
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: amatørmessig

  Nynorsk: amatørmessig

• Polish: amatorski (pl)
• Portuguese: amador (pt)
• Russian: люби́тельский (ru) (ljubítelʹskij), непрофессиона́льный (ru) (neprofessionálʹnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ама̀те̄рскӣ

  Roman: amàtērskī (sh)

• Spanish: amateur (es), inexperto (es), chapucero (es)
• Swedish: amatörmässig (sv), dilettantisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: ама́торський (uk) (amátorsʹkyj), люби́тельський (ljubýtelʹsʹkyj)

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