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
  • Moreover, most of the 600 contestants are amateurs, some of whom only predict a handful of questions in the tournament, leaving them with a low score.
    Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Even if reaching the fairway on the par-5 13th from the tee, amateurs still face 390 yards to the green for the second shot.
    Scott Kramer, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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  • At $3,499, it is clearly not priced for small-scale tinkerers.
    Dave Altavilla, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The New Yorker was inventing its voice, and Flanner was in the clique of tinkerers.
    Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • With a price of around $170,000, the Switchblade is the most accessible vehicle for hobbyists and private pilots.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
  • For decades, Popular Science has highlighted the work of hobbyists.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Dabblers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dabblers. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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