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as in amateur
being such only for recreation
racing stunts that nonprofessional drivers should not attempt to duplicate
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as in inexperienced
lacking or showing a lack of expert skill
didn't like the nonprofessional photos the modeling agency did for her
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as in tinkerer
a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession
one need not be a legal professional to join the bar association; it is open to professionals and nonprofessionals alike
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Recent Examples of nonprofessional
Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 24 May 2025
An author inevitably faces the threat of proportional imbalance: a glut of one (the tantalizing range of delicacies eaten) and want of the other (the nonprofessional life lived).
—Charlotte Druckman, New York Times, 14 May 2025
PCMAG, 3 Oct. 2024
Useful Templates Templates ease the video creation process for nonprofessionals.
—PCMAG, 15 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
That both Rios and Andrade are nonprofessional actors shows Soto’s command of the substance of his film.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 24 May 2025
An author inevitably faces the threat of proportional imbalance: a glut of one (the tantalizing range of delicacies eaten) and want of the other (the nonprofessional life lived).
—Charlotte Druckman, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Noun
Our Editors' Choice winners in its class are Adobe Premiere Pro and Apple Final Cut Pro, both of which are easier for professionals and nonprofessionals alike to wrap their heads around.
—PCMAG, 3 Oct. 2024
Useful Templates Templates ease the video creation process for nonprofessionals.
—PCMAG, 15 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonprofessional
amateur
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Teenage dream: Katy Perry comes to the Kaseya Center in Miami on Saturday on her global The Lifetimes Tour, a sci-fi spectacle that has left some reviewers (professional and amateur) distracted by too much of … everything.—
Ben Crandell,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Aug. 2025
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Prior to the open era of tennis - a period beginning in 1968 when amateurs and pros were allowed to compete alongside one another for the first time - Norwegian-American player Molla Bjurstedt Mallory set a record as the oldest female winner in the singles division in 1926.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Nonprofessional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonprofessional. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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