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amateurish

/am-uh-oorch-ish, -chur-, -tyoor-, -tur-/US // ˌæm əˈtʃʊər ɪʃ, -ˈtʃɜr-, -ˈtyʊər-, -ˈtɜr- //UK // (ˈæmətərɪʃ, -tʃər-, -ˌtʃʊər-, ˌæməˈtɜːrɪʃ) //

外行,业余的,外行的

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : characteristic of an amateur, especially in having the faults or deficiencies of an amateur; inept: Though an enthusiastic violinist, he gave an amateurish performance.

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Examples

  • Morelle, though, called bat flipping “amateurish and immature.”

  • It made Kemp’s efforts to lock out criticism seem amateurish.

  • The performances we get instead are little more than adequate, perhaps the most obvious manifestation of the amateurish feel that keeps the movie from ever realizing its hypothetical potential.

  • Sure, it's an amateurish mashup of every other action movie, but it has its charms.

  • The release of the Romney tax returns is so amateurish that it almost offends me.

  • It was painfully low-budget and amateurish, available only on YouTube.

  • Romney has so far been an amateurish foreign-policy candidate.

  • The term independent rock was initially used to describe alternative bands signed to small, almost amateurish record labels.

  • "That's only amateurish and besides reprehensible," said the Tennessee Shad.

  • The sheet was small, four pages, often filled with plate matter, and the original matter was set in the most amateurish manner.

  • Peter contributed to it in his amateurish way and watched with solicitude the effect of his care and the fortune of his hints.

  • The police said it seemed to be a rather amateurish job, although whoever did it certainly succeeded in neutralizing the alarms.

  • Ricky had pulled out a microscopic bit of handkerchief and was dabbing at the blood in an amateurish way.