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am·a·teur·ish
 amateurish
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- pronunciation:
- ae
m
chuhr
ihsh
[or]
ae
m
chuhr
ihsh
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition: |
not of professional or expert quality; characteristic of an amateur; lacking skill.
The play, put on by the townspeople every summer, is always entertaining even if a bit amateurish.- antonyms:
- masterful, professional
- similar words:
- amateur
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artless, inferior, lay |
adverb + (adj.)amateurish
admittedly, expertly, little, mostly, rather, relatively, somewhat, sort, technically, usually
(adj.)amateurish
+ noun
affair,
application,
attack,
attempt,
bomb,
campaign,
effort,
failure,
look,
mistake,
operation,
opinion,
painting,
performance,
publication,
quality,
recording,
science,
script,
service,
set,
sign,
symbol,
tactic
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| derivations: |
amateurishly (adv.), amateurishness (n.) |
The word amateurish
contains the following parts:
am, ama, amor
Latin
root
that means love, friendship
  Example words:
amateur, amateurish, amatory, amiable, amicable, amity, amorous, amour, enamor, enemy, inimical, paramour
- synonyms:
- phil, philo, -philia, -phile
-ish
Old English
adjective-forming suffix
that means of, resembling; somewhat
Example words:
amateurish, apish, bearish, boorish, boyish, caddish, cattish, childish, coltish, devilish, doggish, donnish, elfish, faddish, fattish, feverish, flattish, foolish, girlish, goodish, impish, kittenish, knavish, largish, lightish1, longish, lumpish, mannish, mawkish, modish, mulish, piggish, prankish, prudish, puckish, rakish1, roguish, selfish, sheepish, shortish, sickish, snappish, stylish, swinish, ticklish, whitish
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