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单词 amateurish
释义
amateurish
adjective
disapproving
uk
/ˈæm.ə.tər.ɪʃ/us
/ˌæm.əˈtʊr.ɪʃ/
having noskill, orshowingnoskill:
不熟练的；外行的
Theirwebsitelooksamateurish.他们的网站看起来很蹩脚。
Synonyms
inexpert
unskilled
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amateuradjective
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
bad at something
  • bad atI was overweight and bad at sport.
  • hopelessI’m completely hopeless in the kitchen.
  • uselessUKHe’s useless at maths.
  • rubbishUKShe’s a pretty rubbish singer, really.
  • incompetentThe rules have made it hard to remove incompetent teachers.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Inability and awkwardness
  • accident-prone
  • adorkable
  • all thumbsidiom
  • amateurishly
  • amateurishness
  • fumble
  • functional illiteracy
  • gauche
  • geek
  • ham-fisted
  • jack-of-all-trades, master of noneidiom
  • klutzy
  • like a bull in a china shopidiom
  • lost
  • lubber
  • unable
  • uncoordinated
  • uneducable
  • unenterprising
  • unequal
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Related words

amateurishly
amateurishness
(Definition ofamateurishfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

amateurish| American Dictionary

amateurish
adjective
us
/ˌæm·əˈtʃʊər·ɪʃ,-ˈtɜr·ɪʃ/
performedwithout muchskill:
Themoviedragsalong, madeevenworseby amateurishacting.
(Definition ofamateurishfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofamateurish

amateurish
In their mixture ofamateurishincompleteness and ambitious effort, the pages bear witness to a conflict.
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In contemporary discourse, proficiency was being prized above social status and 'amateurish' was becoming a term of disparagement.
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It's a ratheramateurishdoctoral thesis, which asks (but does not seriously attempt to answer) all the wrong questions.
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Certainly it cannot be explained in terms of the survey's methodology or scope, which verged on the superficial andamateurish.
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Her organization appearedamateurish, the parties supporting her failed to mobilize their activists, and her campaign failed to promote her as a credible president.
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On the other hand, a poor communicator may simply be untrained in the use of the medium and nervous about appearingamateurish.
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And, of course, the articles will all beamateurishnonsense.
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Instead of theamateurishapproach of the voluntary organisations, services were now demanded which built upon professional knowledge and expertise.
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Discretion implies that trustees have considerable expertise, whereas the reality is, at best, a world characterized by trustee competence and, at worst,amateurishconfusion.
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My computer system must sound 'as if' it has high-level musicianship, so that my performance does not come across as soundingamateurish.
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I think that some works for tape and acoustic instrument soundamateurish, partly because of this lack of fundamental musicianship: to be in tune.
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By the 1960s, the for-the-record aesthetic was the taken-for-granted standard of professional performance and audience expectation; anything other than that sounded distinctlyamateurish, home-made, of lower quality.
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True, the quality does not always match the quantity; you can easily find articles that are thin oramateurishor that contain significant omissions and errors.
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There is a cut which (conveniently?) obscures the precise location of the hotel, whilst adding to the authenticity of the 'home video' effect by beingamateurish.
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We cannot really afford to continue in thisamateurishway.
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