amateurish

[US]/'æmətərɪʃ/
[UK]/'æmətərɪʃ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. ikke professionel, mangler færdigheder

Example Sentences

her amateurish interviewing technique.

hendes amatøragtige interviewteknik.

The concert was rather an amateurish affair.

Koncerten var ret amatøragtig.

His amateurish attempt at painting resulted in a messy canvas.

Hans amatøragtige forsøg på at male resulterede i en rodet lærred.

The amateurish performance of the band disappointed the audience.

Bandets amatøragtige optræden skuffede publikum.

Her amateurish cooking skills made the dish taste bland.

Hendes amatøragtige madlavningsevner fik retten til at smage kedelig.

The amateurish editing of the video made it hard to watch.

Den amatøragtige redigering af videoen gjorde den svær at se.

He made an amateurish mistake by forgetting to save his work.

Han lavede en amatøragtig fejl ved at glemme at gemme sit arbejde.

The amateurish writing style of the author made the book difficult to read.

Forfatterens amatøragtige skrivestil gjorde bogen svær at læse.

The amateurish design of the website made it look unprofessional.

Den amatøragtige design af hjemmesiden fik den til at se uprofessionel ud.

Her amateurish attempts at gardening resulted in a dying garden.

Hendes amatøragtige forsøg på havearbejde resulterede i en døende have.

His amateurish knowledge of photography showed in the blurry photos he took.

Hans amatøragtige viden om fotografering kom til udtryk i de slørede billeder, han tog.

The amateurish acting in the school play was cringeworthy.

Den amatøragtige skuespil i skoleforestillingen var pinagtig.

Real-world Examples

2020 is better funded and more organized in his 2016 campaign which many observers initially dismissed as amateurish.

Source: VOA Standard English_Americas

They wanted the job to look amateurish.

Source: Goodbye, My Love (Part 2)

It seemed amateurish to me and it was damned hard work.

Source: Blade (Part 1)

She had used a slow shutter speed, and her amateurish operation left all the scenes blurry.

Source: The Three-Body Problem I

I think it was kinda amateurish back in the early days in eastern Europe, that we just climbed out the window.

Source: Stanford Open Course: Negotiation Skills

They passed up much more valuable paintings by Raphael and Botticelli and among others they could have easily taken which suggests the thieves themselves may have been rather amateurish.

Source: Realm of Legends

" Jim's no politician, Mr. Marlowe, and I could hardly call myself a newspaper woman. This little paper we get out up here is a pretty amateurish proposition" .

Source: The Woman at the Bottom of the Lake (Part 1)

I'm going to try making some black sushi, a little rice, some berries, some grapes, a little hoisin sauce, and then I'll do a super amateurish job of wrapping this up.

Source: Art of Cooking Guide

" Bah! that is because you are dilettantish and amateurish. If you were an artist, you would think of Mistress Second-Cousin as antique form animated by Christian sentiment — a sort of Christian Antigone — sensuous force controlled by spiritual passion" .

Source: Middlemarch (Part Two)

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