amateur
noun
[ ˈamətə ]
• a person who engages in a pursuit, especially a sport, on an unpaid rather than a professional basis.
• "it takes five years for a top amateur to become a real Tour de France rider"
Similar:
non-professional,
non-specialist,
layman,
layperson,
dilettante,
dabbler,
potterer,
trifler,
enthusiast,
devotee,
fan,
… lover,
buff,
ham,
• a person who is incompetent or inept at a particular activity.
• "that bunch of stumbling amateurs"
amateur
adjective
• engaging or engaged in without payment; non-professional.
• "amateur athletics"
• done in an incompetent or inept way.
• "it's all so amateur!"
Similar:
incompetent,
inept,
useless,
unskilful,
inexpert,
clumsy,
maladroit,
gauche,
blundering,
bungling,
bumbling,
amateurish,
botched,
crude,
bodged,
Origin:
late 18th century: from French, from Italian amatore, from Latin amator ‘lover’, from amare ‘to love’.
