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amateurish Definition

ama·teur·ish (amə c̸ho̵or′is̸h, am′ə tʉr-)

adjective

like an amateur; inexpert; unskillful

amateurish Related Forms
ama·teur′·ishly adverb ama·teur′·ish·ness noun
amateurish Synonyms

amateurish

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amateurish Usage Examples

Preposition: in

  • extreme: The zombies look frankly poor and all pretty much look the same, and any bits of gore look amateurish in the extreme.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • look: At some stage a complete re-design will need to be done as I feel that it still looks a bit amateurish.

Used with adjective complement

  • look: The bezel edging around pictures was nice and small, but the control panel skin looked amateurish.
  • seem: Although this was quite advanced for its day, it seems extremely amateurish now.
  • feel: The site also feels amateurish, due to the somewhat crude design and various spelling mistakes.
  • sound: The result is a 5.1 mix that sounds amateurish at best.

Modifying Another Word

  • plain: Camera shake looks plain amateurish, and we all know the ' professional look ' is the holy grail of any aspiring amateur.
  • rather: Wet Dream ( my first solo album released in 1978 ) was rather amateurish.
  • very: The touching up of the auctioneers ' image is a very amateurish thing.
  • so: And then the response they get is " it looks so amateurish.
  • slightly: Mr Singleton, 11 Jul 05 This seemed like a slightly amateurish service which is cheaper than the standard airport parking.
  • pretty: My bet is that this is a pretty amateurish effort to cause panic.

Modifies a noun

  • feel: The voice acting isn't horrible, but it has an amateurish feel.
  • way: You can't behave in an amateurish way at a club like Swansea.
  • effort: My bet is that this is a pretty amateurish effort to cause panic.
  • hesitation: There must be no download free game totally ware faltering now, no bungling, no mistakes, no amateurish hesitation.
  • attempt: I am not a graphic designer, so I don't want to make an amateurish attempt and ruin your writing.
  • performance: Bearing this in mind, Legge and Voce have created a sloppy and amateurish impro performance.

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