(a.) In the style of an amateur; superficial or defective like the work of an amateur.
Example Sentences:
(1) In any halfway-awake western nation, and, to be frank, in many reaches of British national life, this would be considered an amateurish absurdity, a guarantee of eventual failure.
(2) This was similar, particularly given that, after all their early endeavour, an amateurish mistake undermined them before the half-hour mark as Aldo Simoncini tripped over his team-mate Luca Tosi’s foot in the six-yard box to allow Phil Jagielka to loop a free header into the gaping net.
(3) These short films aren't always musical; Laser Cats is a deliberately retro-amateurish sci-fi series about mutant cats who shoot lasers from their eyes, while a student film about giraffes claims that they are from outer space and will destroy mankind.
(4) Those who do well are trained to fill a range of roles within the civil service – as teachers, nurses, or even newscasters within Eritrea’s amateurish state television network, Eri-TV.
(5) In the first case, an amateurishly modified 8-mm blank revolver firing 6.35-mm- (.25)-caliber ammunition was used; in the second case, a rifle firing 5.6-mm (.22)-caliber ammunition with a reduced charge was used.
(6) The amateurish video that then emerged of Simms trying to prove to UK Anti-Doping that Farah could not hear his doorbell when testers came to call in 2011 will not do wonders for his reputation.
(7) Arcade Fire's sound is all their own, and it has become – even with its moments of ramshackle amateurishness, and its merging of the raw and the refined – one of the key rock signatures of recent times.
(8) But there was an amateurish quality to the ANC's operations at the time, and so several possible explanations as to how he was betrayed.
(9) "One of the big surprises was how amateurish it was," Al-Mubarak said of City during another meeting in Abu Dhabi.
(10) Allegations that the Russian government deliberately hacked Democratic party emails to try to steer Donald Trump to victory in the US presidential election have been rebutted by the now president and denounced as “baseless” and “amateurish” by the Kremlin .
(11) Ukip, meanwhile, increasingly seems a divided, amateurish and redundant force .
(12) It said the process had been so amateurish that it had probably left a high quantity of noxious sulphur compounds in the vast quantity of stinking black waste.
(13) Readers are excited by having access to new voices, but they've not been waiting for unedited, unproofread and amateurish books.
(14) New York police are investigating a failed terror attack in Times Square after defusing an "amateurish" but potentially powerful car bomb last night.
(15) My results were amateurish and sometimes unsettling, but you can browse those created by other fans, looking at the most popular, the most recent, or the ones that have been "seen by Gaga" (none, at the time of writing, but it is quite a busy week...) Any GIF you see in the app can be tapped on to get a closer view, given "Props" and remixed using the same creation tools, which is a handy way to figure out how the better ones were made.
(16) These are baseless allegations substantiated with nothing, done on a rather amateurish, emotional level,” Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told journalists on Monday.
(17) He hailed amateurishness as the highest cultural achievement.
(18) Ian Swales, the Redcar MP whose constituency Oakeshott also polled, told his local Gazette that the results suggesting he would lose his seat were "based on a small sample and look very amateurish".
(19) Little evidence has been provided by the US in support of its claim and the amateurish and sloppy nature of it have led to many analysts speculating that the alleged plot might have been the work of rogue elements, with the aim of pleasing the authorities in Tehran or, in contrast, smearing a regime which is already isolated by the international community.
(20) Myners explains that he became increasingly exasperated by the amateurish approach followed by the Co-op board.
Professional
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to a profession, or calling; conforming to the rules or standards of a profession; following a profession; as, professional knowledge; professional conduct.
(a.) Engaged in by professionals; as, a professional race; -- opposed to amateur.
(n.) A person who prosecutes anything professionally, or for a livelihood, and not in the character of an amateur; a professional worker.
Example Sentences:
(1) If there is a will to use primary Care centres for effective preventive action in the population as a whole, motivation of the professionals involved and organisational changes will be necessary so as not to perpetuate the law of inverse care.
(2) Parents believed they should try to normalize their child's experiences, that interactions with health care professionals required negotiation and assertiveness, and that they needed some support person(s) outside of the family.
(3) Implications for practice and research include need for support groups with nurses as facilitators, the importance of fostering hope, and need for education of health care professionals.
(4) Enough with Clintonism and its prideful air of professional-class virtue.
(5) Dilemmas of trust, confidentiality, and professional competence highlight the limits of professional ethical codes.
(6) With such protection, Dempster tended professionally to outlive those inside and outside the office who claimed that he was outdated.
(7) "Monasteries and convents face greater risks than other buildings in terms of fire safety," the article said, adding that many are built with flammable materials and located far away from professional fire brigades.
(8) Uninfected people's general rights to protection are considered, and health professionals' and authorities' rights and duties are given more detailed attention.
(9) He was often detained and occasionally beaten when he returned to Minsk for demonstrations, but “if he thought it was professional duty to uncover something, he did that no matter what threats were made,” Kalinkina said.
(10) Roger Madelin, the chief executive of the developers Argent, which consulted the prince's aides on the £2bn plan to regenerate 27 hectares (67 acres) of disused rail land at Kings Cross in London, said the prince now has a similar stature as a consultee as statutory bodies including English Heritage, the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment and professional bodies including Riba and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
(11) An employee's career advancement, professional development, monetary remuneration and self-esteem often may depend upon the final outcome of the process.
(12) Many would argue that patient education has been used to serve the needs of the health care professional (through compliance) rather than empowering the patient.
(13) With their 43-8 win , the Seahawks did more than just produce one of the most dominant performances in Super Bowl history, they gave the city of Seattle its first major professional sports win in 35 years .
(14) "Medical professionals have perhaps been the least involved [of all sectors] in debates and discussions around abortion, and anti-choice groups have very effectively carried out a deliberate strategy of targeting and influencing health professionals.
(15) Our goal is to improve the fit between social science and health practice by increasing the relevance of social science findings for the delivery of care and the training of health care professionals.
(16) His dedication and professionalism is world class and he deserves all the recognition he has received to date.
(17) Notably, while the lead actors were all professionals, most of the cast members and musicians came from Providência itself.
(18) This demonstrates a considerable range in surgeons' attitudes to day surgery despite its formal endorsement by professional bodies, and identifies what are perceived as the organizational and clinical barriers to its wider introduction.
(19) The position that it is time for the nursing profession to develop programs leading to the N.D. degree, or professional doctorate, (for the college graduates) derives from consideration of the nature of nursing, the contributions that nurses can make to development of an exemplary health care system, and from the recognized need for nursing to emerge as a full-fledged profession.
(20) Transfer of nonprofessional tasks out of nursing and reduction of tension arising from reduced responsibility of nurses for coordinating activities with ancillary departments are possible explanations for the positive relation between the presence of SUM and professional nurses' satisfaction.