amateur
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "amateur"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻļāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰ, āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻļāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰ⧀

(of objects or works) lacking the precision or quality one would expect from a paid professional
amateur definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The garage band produced only amateur pop songs before gaining industry experience.
āĻ—ā§āϝāĻžāϰ⧇āϜ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāϤāĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ⧇āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻļāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻĒ āĻ—āĻžāύ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻļāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰ, āĻĒ⧇āĻļāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰ āύāϝāĻŧ

done for recreation, not as an occupation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The amateur photography club met every weekend to explore new locations for photoshoots.
āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻļāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰ āĻĢāĻŸā§‹āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻĢāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŦ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āĻĢāĻŸā§‹āĻļ⧁āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻŦ⧇āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϤāĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻļāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰ, āύāĻŦā§€āύ

someone who is not skilled or experienced enough for a specific activity
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The competition was open to both amateurs and professionals.
āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻž āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻļāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒ⧇āĻļāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰ āωāĻ­āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āωāĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻļāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰ, āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻļāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰ

someone who engages in a study, sport, or activity for pleasure or personal interest rather than as a profession or for financial gain
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She took up painting as an amateur after retiring from her career as a teacher.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻœā§€āĻŦāύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāϏāϰ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻļāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ•āύ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
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an athlete who participates in sports for pleasure rather than as a profession or for monetary gain

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Many famous athletes started their careers as amateurs.

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