unprofessional

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌənprəˈfɛʃənəl/ See IPA manual

Freq #15062

Meanings

1

adj
not characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession

Described in unprofessional language so that high school students could understand it.
2

adj
Unbecoming of a professional; hence inappropriate in the workplace.

Unprofessional behavior.
3

adj
Not relating to professional occupation or employment; nonprofessional.

The barber's lad, it appeared, was about to pass a professional judgment on her own, when he was dictatorially ordered by the fur-shop girl to hold what she called his "mug." The barber's lad, who in his unprofessional capacity was the slave of love, showed gloomy allegiance by returning to the shop, where he could be seen peering over the blind with every appearance of contemplating doing something unprofessional with a razor on his own windpipe.
4

noun
One who is not a professional.

The guests, on the other hand, are unprofessionals, the mere receivers of service, the others. Such is the frame of interaction or the role definitions and how these roles are played out in the service encounters.

Thesaurus

Word family

Derived forms unprofessionalizationunprofessionalize

Etymology

From un- + professional.

Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# unprofessional

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj, noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌənprəˈfɛʃənəl/
**Frequency rank:** 15062

## Meanings
1. not characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession
2. Unbecoming of a professional; hence inappropriate in the workplace.
3. Not relating to professional occupation or employment; nonprofessional.
4. One who is not a professional.

## Examples
- Described in unprofessional language so that high school students could understand it.
- Unprofessional behavior.
- The barber's lad, it appeared, was about to pass a professional judgment on her own, when he was dictatorially ordered by the fur-shop girl to hold what she called his "mug." The barber's lad, who in his unprofessional capacity was the slave of love, showed gloomy allegiance by returning to the shop, where he could be seen peering over the blind with every appearance of contemplating doing something unprofessional with a razor on his own windpipe.
- The guests, on the other hand, are unprofessionals, the mere receivers of service, the others. Such is the frame of interaction or the role definitions and how these roles are played out in the service encounters.

## Derived Forms
- unprofessionalization
- unprofessionalize

## Etymology
From un- + professional.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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