amateurish
/ˈæ.mə.tjʊɚ.ɪʃ/ · am·a·teur·ish
adjective
- Suggesting or reflecting the efforts of an amateur; not seeming professional or polished. The film’s amateurish special effects made the audience forget the story.
- Clumsy or unskilled because of inexperience. His amateurish handling of the equipment caused the experiment to fail.
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Did you know? The suffix -ish in amateurish originally meant ‘somewhat like’, so the word literally conveys ‘somewhat like an amateur’, a nuance that early users prized for its gentle criticism.