n. someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime

n. does not play for pay

adj. engaged in as a pastime; "an amateur painter"; "gained valuable experience in amateur theatricals"; "recreational golfers"; "reading matter that is both recreational and mentally stimulating"; "unpaid extras in the documentary"

adj. lacking professional skill or expertise; "a very amateurish job"; "inexpert but conscientious efforts"; "an unskilled painting"

n. someone new to a field or activity

n. someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person

n. any new participant in some activity

n. works for an expert to learn a trade

n. an awkward and inexperienced youth

n. a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief

n. someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another

n. a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

n. a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution

n. someone who is not competent to take effective action

adj. lacking practical experience or training

adj. not professional; not engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or for gain; "the nonprofessional wives of his male colleagues"; "nonprofessional actors"

adj. recently made, produced, or harvested; "fresh bread"; "a fresh scent"

adj. not disciplined or conditioned or made adept by training; "an untrained voice"; "untrained troops"; "young minds untrained in the habit of concentration"

adj. lacking training or experience; "the new men were eager to fight"; "raw recruits"

adj. (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people"

adj. characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern; "negligent parents"; "negligent of detail"; "negligent in his correspondence"

adj. cheap and shoddy; "cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"- Judith Crist

adj. showing lack of art; "an artless translation"

adj. poorly done; "a botchy piece of work"; "it was an unskillful attempt"

adj. spoiled through incompetence or clumsiness; "a bungled job"

adj. clumsy and unskilled; "a big stupid lubberly fellow"

adj. used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

adj. showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf"

adj. impaired in skill by neglect

adj. possessing or requiring limited skills; "semiskilled dockworkers"; "a semiskilled job"

n. an athlete who plays for pay

adj. engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood; "the professional man or woman possesses distinctive qualifications"; "began her professional career after the Olympics"; "professional theater"; "professional football"; "a professional cook"; "professional actors and athletes"

adj. having or showing or requiring special skill; "only the most skilled gymnasts make an Olympic team"; "a skilled surgeon has many years of training and experience"; "a skilled reconstruction of her damaged elbow"; "a skilled trade"