dabblers

plural of dabbler
as in amateurs
a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession he was a dabbler, learning the basics of many arts but mastering none

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Recent Examples of dabblers Not dabblers in the slave trade, tycoons of the slave trade. Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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Noun
  • The Padres’ first move of the offseason will flesh out the club’s current crop of international amateurs.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Composite sticks, made of carbon fiber and other lightweight advanced materials, are now far more popular and preferred by both amateurs and professionals.
    Joseph Hostetler, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
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  • This Space Cowboys vibe makes sense because this tech boom looks less like the last one — social apps powered by subway ads and nap pods — than the 1980s PC revolution, powered by tinkerers with motherboards and soldering irons.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The deal gives Qualcomm direct access to the tinkerers, hobbyists and companies at the lowest levels of the robotics industry.
    Kif Leswing, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Designing, assembling, and programming these bots requires significant time and effort, with students and hobbyists dedicating much of their summer and the full competition season to perfecting their creations.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2025
  • With 80% of its team composed of engineers and 20% of revenue reinvested into R&D, the company’s relentless innovation has helped thousands of creators – from hobbyists to educators to small business owner – turn complex ideas into tangible results.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Dabblers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dabblers. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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