The meaning of Amateur

adjective

Done in an unskilful or inept way.

Usage examples:

Her amateurish interviewing technique

adjective

Performed without much skill

Usage examples:

The movie drags along, made even worse by amateurish acting.

noun

Someone who makes a lot of serious mistakes, usually because of not taking care

Usage examples:

The chief constable is seen by some as a blunderer., we should be blaming the incompetent blunderer…

adjective

Making or characterized by stupid or careless mistakes; clumsy.

Usage examples:

Both her parents are supportive, if a bit blundering

verb

Make a stupid or careless mistake; act or speak clumsily.

Usage examples:

He knew he'd blundered

adjective

Often making serious mistakes, usually because of not taking care

Usage examples:

You blundering idiot! what do you think you're doing?, a blundering firebomber is being hunted by p…

noun

→  botch

noun

A person who makes or repairs something badly or clumsily.

Usage examples:

Those well enough off to employ a professional electrician will continue to do so, and the lethal b…

adjective

Another term for bodgie.

adjective

(of a task) carried out badly or carelessly.

Usage examples:

A botched attempt to steal a car

verb

Carry out (a task) badly or carelessly.

Usage examples:

He was accused of botching the job

noun

A yellowish-beige colour.

Usage examples:

A buff envelope

verb

Polish (something).

Usage examples:

He buffed the glass until it gleamed

adjective

(of a person or their body) in good physical shape with well-developed muscles.

Usage examples:

The driver was a buff blond named march

adjective

Acting in a confused or ineffectual way; incompetent.

Usage examples:

He's a bumbling fool

verb

Move or act in an awkward or confused manner.

Usage examples:

They bumbled around the house

noun

A person who habitually bungles things; an amateur.

Usage examples:

The government is evidently a bunch of bunglers

noun

A person who does something very badly, in a careless or stupid way

Usage examples:

He's an incompetent bungler., she depicted her fellow investigators as bunglers.

noun

The action or fact of carrying out a task clumsily or incompetently.

Usage examples:

He was heavily criticized for his bungling of the case

adjective

Making or characterized by many clumsy mistakes.

Usage examples:

The work of a bungling amateur

verb

Carry out (a task) clumsily or incompetently.

Usage examples:

He bungled his first attempt to manage a group of professional players

adjective

Awkward in movement or in handling things.

Usage examples:

The cold made his fingers clumsy

adjective

Awkward in movement or manner

Usage examples:

I’m so clumsy – i keep dropping things., he subsequently wrote a letter to the magazine in an admit…

adjective

In a natural or raw state; not yet processed or refined.

Usage examples:

Crude oil

noun

Offensively coarse or rude, especially in relation to sexual matters.

Usage examples:

A crude joke

noun

Natural mineral oil.

Usage examples:

The ship was carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude

noun

Someone who takes a slight and not very serious interest in a subject, or tries a particular activity for a short period

Usage examples:

They are dabblers in african music rather than experts., i'm not a real painter - just a dabbler.

noun

A person who is very interested in and enthusiastic about someone or something.

Usage examples:

A devotee of lewis carroll

noun

A person who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge.

Usage examples:

A wealthy literary dilettante

noun

A person who is or seems to be interested in a subject, but who is not involved with it in a serious and determined way

Usage examples:

To serious artists, he was merely a dilettante.

noun

A person who is very interested in a particular activity or subject.

Usage examples:

A sports car enthusiast

noun

Someone who is very interested in and involved with a particular subject or activity

Usage examples:

A computer-games enthusiast

noun

An apparatus with rotating blades that creates a current of air for cooling or ventilation.

Usage examples:

A couple of ceiling fans, lazily turning

verb

Cool (someone or something) by waving an object to create a current of air.

Usage examples:

He fanned himself with his hat

noun

A person who has a strong interest in or admiration for a particular person or thing.

Usage examples:

Football fans

adjective

Unsophisticated and socially awkward.

Usage examples:

A shy and gauche teenager

adjective

Lacking social polish

adjective

Behaving in a way that is offensive to other people, esp. because of not knowing what is correct or not caring about the feelings of others

Usage examples:

It was gauche to invite them just two days before the party.

noun

Salted or smoked meat from the upper part of a pig's leg.

Usage examples:

Thin slices of ham

verb

Overact.

Usage examples:

She hammed it up for the cameras

proper noun

(in the bible) a son of noah (gen. 10:1), traditional ancestor of the hamites.

adjective

Not having or showing the necessary skills to do something successfully.

Usage examples:

A forgetful and utterly incompetent assistant

noun

An incompetent person.

Usage examples:

The tanker captain was a known incompetent

adjective

Lacking the skills or knowledge to do a job or perform an action correctly or to a satisfactory standard

Usage examples:

Cowden was incompetent and incapable of administering the duties of secretary of the association., …

adjective

Having or showing no skill; clumsy.

Usage examples:

The referee's inept handling of the match

adjective

Not skilled or effective

Usage examples:

He was always pretty inept at sports., political/social/economic ineptitude

adjective

Having or showing a lack of skill or knowledge.

Usage examples:

An inexpert transcription from the real music

adjective

Having little skill

Usage examples:

She had made an inexpert attempt to repair the car.

verb

Put (something) down gently or carefully.

Usage examples:

She laid the baby in his cot

noun

Used with an abstract noun so that the phrase formed has the same meaning as the verb related to the noun used, e.g. ‘lay the blame on’ means ‘to blame’.

Usage examples:

She laid great stress on little courtesies

adjective

Not ordained into or belonging to the clergy.

Usage examples:

A lay preacher

noun

A non-ordained male member of a church.

Usage examples:

He was an active catholic layman

noun

A person who is not trained in or does not have a detailed knowledge of a particular subject

Usage examples:

The book is supposed to be the layman’s guide to home repair.

noun

A non-ordained member of a church.

Usage examples:

Theologians and laypeople alike have debated the meaning behind the rich allegory and symbolism

adjective

Inefficient or inept; clumsy.

Usage examples:

Both men are unhappy about the maladroit way the matter has been handled

adjective

Awkward in movement or unskilled in behaviour or action

Usage examples:

She can be a little maladroit in social situations.

adjective

Used to describe someone who does something not as their job but because they are interested in it

Usage examples:

There are certain indicators that signal an upturn that may not be obvious to non-professional inve…

noun

Someone who does not have a lot of experience, knowledge, or skill in a particular subject

Usage examples:

I have tried to make this talk easy for the nonspecialist to follow., this book is not really suita…

adjective

Not having or showing skill.

Usage examples:

Though kind and willing, she was unskilful

adjective

Not good at doing something, or lacking skills generally

Usage examples:

Unfortunately, they made a couple of unskilful moves that played directly into the hands of their o…

adjective

Not fulfilling or not expected to achieve the intended purpose or desired outcome.

Usage examples:

A piece of useless knowledge

adjective

Of no value; worthless

Usage examples:

With dead batteries, the flashlight was useless.