as in amateurs
a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession
a camera designed for people who don't pretend to be anything more than potterers at photography
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Noun
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Most amateurs can’t bring themselves to do it.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
15 Sep. 2025 -
Olympians Chase Budinger, Taylor Crabb and Carli Lloyd will compete, and there are two teams made up of amateurs who went through qualifying rounds to participate.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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At $3,499, it is clearly not priced for small-scale tinkerers.—
Dave Altavilla,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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The New Yorker was inventing its voice, and Flanner was in the clique of tinkerers.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
10 Aug. 2025
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“Potterers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potterers. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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