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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
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
Armond White, National Review, 14 Mar. 2025
In order to understand the business plan, the document should avoid the use of jargon as much as possible so that nonprofessionals can read it.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
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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
His predilection for casting abnormal nonprofessionals alongside professional actors gives real-life complexity to his tale.
—Armond White, National Review, 14 Mar. 2025
In order to understand the business plan, the document should avoid the use of jargon as much as possible so that nonprofessionals can read it.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonprofessional
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Over the past four decades, amateur lawmakers worked across party lines far less often than incumbent lawmakers, both when developing their own legislation and when lending support to other legislators’ proposals.—
Jeff Harden,
The Conversation,
3 Nov. 2025
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Frankie Piliere, who has been the team’s director of amateur scouting the past two years, now holds the title of vice president of amateur forecasting and player evaluation initiatives.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025
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Senior defensive tackle Braxton Fely’s radar is already up at the chance of facing another inexperienced QB.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
30 Oct. 2025
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In doing so, Sonny mentors a talented but inexperienced rookie named Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris) and brings an unconventional style of racing to the track.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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How would the tinkerer-in-chief Guardiola galaxy-brain his way around this clash of styles?—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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From the early tinkerers who first imagined electrical speech to the engineers who built continental cables, digital switching, satellites, and wireless networks, countless inventors have pushed the limits of how far and how fast a human voice can travel.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Nonprofessional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonprofessional. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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