- [usually before noun] doing something for pleasure or interest, not as a job
- an amateur photographer
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- [usually before noun] done for pleasure, not as a job
- amateur athletics
- (also amateurish)(usually disapproving) not done or made well or with skill
- The performance sounded very amateur, I’m afraid.
opposite professional
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