as in amateur
a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession
her husband is an inveterate putterer, and their garage is full of half-finished projects he has worked on over the years
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Noun
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The International Padel Federation says the sport is played in more than 140 countries around the world, with about 30 million amateur players.—
Christian Orozco,
NBC news,
23 Sep. 2025 -
But on a recent warm September morning, the rhythmic beat of jackhammers crushing concrete with steel and the hissing flow of rush hour traffic greeted a group of amateur ornithologists.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The tinkerer was a socialite and widow named Josephine Cochrane.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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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
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“Putterer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/putterer. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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