amateurish

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈæmətʃʊrɪʃ/ UK /ˈæmətərɪʃ/ See IPA manual

adj

Meanings

1

adj
done in an unskilled or unprofessional way

The forgery was so amateurish that anyone could spot it.

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Synonyms

1 adj · done in an unskilled or... unskilled unprofessional inexpert crude clumsy unpolished inept

Opposites

professional expert skilled polished masterful

Word family

Derived forms amateurishlyamateurishness

Related forms amateuramateurism

Etymology

From amateur + -ish. Amateur derives from French amateur ('lover'), from Latin amator ('lover'), from amare ('to love').

amator Latin amare Latin

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# amateurish

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** ˈæmətʃʊrɪʃ
**IPA (UK):** ˈæmətərɪʃ

## Meanings
1. done in an unskilled or unprofessional way

## Examples
- The forgery was so amateurish that anyone could spot it.

## Synonyms
- unskilled
- unprofessional
- inexpert
- crude
- clumsy
- unpolished
- inept

## Antonyms
- professional
- expert
- skilled
- polished
- masterful

## Derived Forms
- amateurishly
- amateurishness

## Related Forms
- amateur
- amateurism

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: amator
- Root: amare

## Etymology
From amateur + -ish. Amateur derives from French amateur ('lover'), from Latin amator ('lover'), from amare ('to love').

## AI Etymology
Amateurish is from amateur + -ish. Amateur derives from French amateur ('lover'), from Latin amator ('lover'), from amare ('to love'). Important recorded forms include amator (Latin) and amare (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers done in an unskilled or unprofessional way. The wider family includes derived forms such as amateurishly and amateurishness and related words such as amateur and amateurism.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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