Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæ.mə.t͡ʃʊɚ.ɪʃ/, /ˈæ.mə.tjʊɚ.ɪʃ/
Adjective
amateurish (comparative more amateurish, superlative most amateurish)
- (derogatory) Suggesting or reflecting the efforts of an amateur; not seeming professional or polished.
1964 September, “New Books: The History of Railways. By Erwin Berghaus. Barrie & Rockcliff. 35s.”, in Modern Railways, page 222:Some of the photographs are new and interesting, but many captions are amateurish, uninformative or simply careless.
Translations
reflecting the efforts of an amateur
- Armenian: սիրողական (hy) (siroġakan), դիլետանտական (hy) (diletantakan)
- Belarusian: ама́тарскі (amátarski), любі́цельскі (ljubícjelʹski)
- Bulgarian: аматьо́рски (amatjórski), люби́телски (ljubítelski)
- Czech: amatérský (cs)
- Danish: amatørmæssig
- Dutch: amateuristisch (nl)
- Esperanto: amatoreca
- Finnish: amatöörimäinen
- French: amateur (fr)
- German: unfachmännisch, stümperhaft (de), laienhaft (de), amateurhaft (de)
- Irish: tútach
- Macedonian: амате́рски (amatérski)
- Maori: hakorea
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: amatørmessig
- Nynorsk: amatørmessig
- Polish: amatorski (pl)
- Portuguese: amador (pt)
- Russian: люби́тельский (ru) (ljubítelʹskij), непрофессиона́льный (ru) (neprofessionálʹnyj)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ама̀те̄рскӣ
- Roman: amàtērskī (sh)
- Spanish: amateur (es), inexperto (es), chapucero (es)
- Swedish: amatörmässig (sv), dilettantisk (sv)
- Ukrainian: ама́торський (uk) (amátorsʹkyj), люби́тельський (ljubýtelʹsʹkyj)
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