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noun

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
Adjective
Space tourism as a niche market Space tourism has its origins in 1986 with the launch of the Mir space station, which later became the first orbital platform to host nonprofessional astronauts. Betsy Pudliner, The Conversation, 19 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
Useful Templates Templates ease the video creation process for nonprofessionals. PCMAG, 15 Mar. 2025 His predilection for casting abnormal nonprofessionals alongside professional actors gives real-life complexity to his tale. Armond White, National Review, 14 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nonprofessional
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonprofessional
Adjective
  • On June 25, 2025, Rick Nolthenius, an astronomer at Cabrillo College in Aptos, California, and his former student, amateur astronomer Kirk Bender, set out to observe the Quaoar system during an occultation.
    Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • This one-time purchase grants access to Skylum's full suite of photo-editing tools, available for both Windows and macOS, and is a smart investment for amateur photographers.
    StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Since the election, Reform has tried to refashion itself from a protest vote party to one that could govern – untried and inexperienced, but ready to step in if the Labour Party buckles under its own blunders, and the once-mighty Conservatives drift further into political irrelevance.
    Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
  • His emergence has enabled a talented, inexperienced team find its early identity.
    Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • His uncle Leo, a naval engineer, noticed that his nephew was a budding tinkerer and gave him a Kodak photo-chemistry set for his sixth birthday.
    Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2025
  • At $3,499, it is clearly not priced for small-scale tinkerers.
    Dave Altavilla, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025

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“Nonprofessional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonprofessional. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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